Zijing Wu / Financial Times:
OpenRouter data: Lower-cost Chinese AI models from groups such as DeepSeek and MiniMax have outperformed their US rivals in token consumption since last month— Chinese AI models made by groups such as DeepSeek and MiniMax have overtaken their American rivals in token consumption.
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