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Advancing the price-performance frontier with GPT‑5.6
OpenAI's cut the cost of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80%. This brings the input price to $0.20 per million tokens.
Also this week

OpenAI goes full China pricing mode with an 80 percent cut to its most affordable GPT-5.6 model
OpenAI's reduced the price of its most affordable GPT-5.6 model, the Luna, by 80 per cent. The new rate stands at $0.20, effective from July 30.

Nvidia’s Open Source Alliance Snubs OpenAI and Anthropic
Nvidia's launched the Open Secure AI Alliance with Microsoft, SpaceX, and Palantir to build open-source cybersecurity tools. OpenAI and Anthropic weren't included in the alliance.

Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’ label
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration hasn't provided sufficient proof to justify labelling Anthropic as a 'supply chain risk'. The administration still lacks the evidence required to ban the federal government.

Google DeepMind Ships Three Physical AI Models For Whole Body Control, Dexterity And Multi Robot Collaboration
Google DeepMind's released Gemini Robotics 2, a software stack that includes three physical AI models. It moves robot control beyond simple table-top tasks to include whole-body movement, dexterity, and multi-robot collaboration.
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