Rumors are OpenAI is introducing a $500/mo plan. It sounds like this will be exact same maybe slightly higher user as current $200 plan. So not only are they cutting usage in half, they are also more ...
I honestly don't even understand why you would need the latest American model for most regular programming work. DeepSeek v4.1 Flash has been doing an absolutely solid job for me so far. Sure, it could always be even better, but you can also just wait a few weeks for the open weight models to catch up.
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