OpenAI Crosses One Billion Users
OpenAI says its models now reach more than one billion active users and more than two million businesses, pairing that scale with GPT-5.6 price cuts and inference-efficiency claims.
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OpenAI reportedly halves inference costs
OpenAI engineers found software optimizations that cut inference costs by more than half for free ChatGPT traffic, according to The Information.
Nadella says token use has to earn its cost
Microsoft's CEO called himself a token-maxer but warned that each extra token should be matched by real productivity gains, not just bigger AI bills.
Meta meters internal AI use as token costs reach billions
A new AI Gateway would track spending, flag spikes and assign token budgets as Meta pushes employees toward internal tools such as MetaCode.
DeepSeek rides the agent token boom
Ramp and OpenRouter data show DeepSeek usage accelerating as long-running coding and data agents make token price a first-order enterprise cost.