AI 'Smart Price War' Has Begun: 1 Million Tokens Could Be as Low as 50 Cents Social Capital founder and CEO Chamath Palihapitiya mentioned on CNBC: If 1 million tokens are seen as 'a bucket of intelligence,' the AI price war is already reshaping industry pricing. According to his calculations, OpenAI is around $26, Anthropic's latest model is about $56; xAI is roughly $1, Meta might drop to $1.5, and Chinese models could even go as low as 50 cents. As 'intelligence' becomes increasingly commoditized, how long can the high premiums of cutting-edge models last?