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AI Roundup: OpenAI Cuts Prices 80%, Robotics Milestone, and Frontier Safety Letter

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

OpenAI slashed GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80% to $0.20/$1.20 per million tokens, citing efficiency gains. DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 achieved 92% success on a bulb-screwing test with a unified whole-body policy. Over 1,100 frontier lab employees signed a letter urging coordinated AI development slowdown mechanisms.

Meridian48 take
The price cut and robotics progress are notable, but the real story is the industry's internal push for safety brakes, signaling a shift from hype to accountability.
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