Max Woolf

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(former) Senior Data Scientist at BuzzFeed in San Francisco // AI content generation R&D

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OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly lowered model prices from June to September 2026

Max Woolf highlights an 80% GPT-5.6 Luna cut and considers competition and serving efficiency as possible explanations.

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OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% within a few months. Why?

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Claude’s web and desktop apps reportedly got faster during a two-week engineering sprint

RuntimeWire, citing Anthropic, reports a 3.1x geometric-mean improvement across 13 performance measurements. That combines distinct tasks and products—not a threefold speedup for every interaction.

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Anthropic Engineering card for its report on making claude.ai faster.

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OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly lowered model prices from June to September 2026

Claude’s web and desktop apps reportedly got faster during a two-week engineering sprint

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OpenAI and Anthropic reportedly lowered model prices from June to September 2026

Claude’s web and desktop apps reportedly got faster during a two-week engineering sprint