AnalysisAI ModelsJuly 9, 2026

The cost of a given X level of AI intelligence is cut in half every 2-4 months.

Analysis of Epoch AI data suggests the compute cost to achieve a fixed level of AI performance halves every 2-4 months. Grok 4.5 exemplifies this trend, claiming Opus 4.7-level performance at half the cost.

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