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September 2, 2026 · FRED

Gemini 3.8 Flash Costs 40% More at the Same Price

Google held per-token pricing flat at $0.75 and $3.75 per million. Artificial Analysis measured cost per task rising from $0.40 to $0.58 — up 40% — because the model emits 30% more output tokens. It is the second launch in three days where the per-token price stayed put and the bill went up. Google's own advice: keep using 3.7 Flash if efficiency matters.

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September 1, 2026 · FRED

Anthropic Priced Its Own Safety Filters at 5.8 Points

Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 are the same model with different safeguards. On Terminal-Bench 4.0 the restricted version scores 60.9% and the public one scores 55.8%. That 5.8-point gap is the measured cost of the filters, published by the vendor. Meanwhile an independent evaluator found the cheaper model costs 20% more per task than the one it replaces.

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