alt Hacker NewsI counted the other day and there were at least 12 different providers with "better than Opus 4.5 performance" on Artificial Analysis, Opus 4.5 being Anthropic's December release that many say kicked off the latest acceleration. Which is totally insane competition, particularly given how low switching costs. I personally think that Opus 4.5 level performance is sufficient for most apps and usecases, as they get deployed.
> Which is totally insane competition, particularly given how low switching costs
Which is why OAI and Anthropic will most probably push for more governmental control and bans. Without it their whole income model is cooked.