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xAI launches Grok 4.5 – frontier model focused on cost-effectiveness
xAI has launched Grok 4.5, a new 1.5 trillion parameter model designed for coding and agents. The model is priced at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, with a planned 1 million token context window, and is said to be faster and more token-efficient than competitors.
WHY IT MATTERS
This marks a new strategy in the AI market that prioritizes cost-effectiveness and practical utility over benchmark scores. The pricing and size make Grok 4.5 a direct competitor challenging both Anthropic and OpenAI on performance and economic sustainability.
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