$37.50GPT-4Mar 2023$15GPT-4TurboNov 2023$7.50GPT-4oMay 2024$0.26GPT-4ominiJul 2024$0.13Gemini1.5 FlashSep 2024286× cheaperin eighteen months, for the same quality$37.50GPT-4Mar ’23$154TurboNov ’23$7.504oMay ’24$0.264ominiJul ’24$0.131.5FlashSep ’24286× cheaperin eighteen months, for the same quality Latest · 29 Oct 2026 · 8 min read Intelligence is getting cheaper. Our expectations aren’t. GPT-4-level AI got 286 times cheaper in eighteen months, and every level since has followed. Our AI bills went up anyway, because what we ask of it grows faster. Read the note →