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Are Cheaper AI Models Better than Claude and ChatGPT?

aired Jul 16, 2026
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Summary

Josh: Just last week, in the span of about 48 hours, three of the most powerful AI Josh: labs on the planet all shipped brand new models. Josh: Elon shipped Grok 4.5, OpenAI took 5.6 Global, and Meta, for the very first Josh: time in history, put a price tag on its own frontier model.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of ejaaz, josh, like, including: Josh: Elon shipped Grok 4.5, OpenAI took 5.6 Global, and Meta, for the very first Josh: time in history, put a price tag on its own frontier model.

Key takeaways
  1. 01Josh: Just last week, in the span of about 48 hours, three of the most powerful AI Josh: labs on the planet all shipped brand new models
  2. 02Josh: Elon shipped Grok 4.5, OpenAI took 5.6 Global, and Meta, for the very first Josh: time in history, put a price tag on its own frontier model
  3. 03For the last five years or so, Josh: the deal in AI was that every time a model shipped, it got smarter and cheaper at the same time
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