GPT and Claude both dropped new models! Silicon Valley is in a price war, but is it really cheaper? Two days, three companies, four models—Silicon Valley's AI price war is getting more intense! It's even encroaching on DeepSeek's territory. But does lowering prices actually save money? Developers tested it: Opus 5.5 at the highest reasoning level took nearly 20 minutes and $2.56, yet still couldn’t generate a pelican riding a bike. Beyond the price per use, reasoning and retries are also charged, and manual checks take extra time too. Whether AI is worth it or not depends on whether you get usable results and how much total cost you’ve paid for them.