Developing story · 2 episodes · 24 Sept to 3 Oct
AI Wage Gap and Performance Surge
The saga tracks emerging research on AI's economic impact, from evidence that AI exposure slows wage growth for U.S. workers to rapid declines in AI performance costs. After the latest episode, the story highlights that while AI is becoming cheaper and more efficient, concerns about its effect on wages remain unresolved.
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Epoch AI report finds AI costs drop 13x yearly, faster than Moore’s Law
A report from AI research firm Epoch AI suggests the price of AI has fallen by thousands of times in recent years, outpacing even Moore’s Law. The firm estimates costs drop under 50% every quarter…
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AI model pricing drops 125x: $50 frontier vs $0.40 lightweight output costs
AI model pricing saw a dramatic collapse in September 2026, with output unit costs ranging from $50 per million tokens for top-tier models like GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1 to just $0.40 for…
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Apollo Global ManagementMITDallas FedCato InstituteEconomic Policy InstituteEpoch AIOpenAINvidiaATIIntelGPT-o3GPT-5.6 Luna