AI Business
GPT-5.6 turns model routing into an operating decision
OpenAI cut Luna pricing by 80% and Terra pricing by 20%, widening the gap between routine AI work and frontier reasoning.
What happened
OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Luna now costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Terra costs $2 and $12 respectively. Sol pricing is unchanged.
Why it matters for AI
The consequential change is not a leaderboard result. It is the declining cost of competent tool use. Businesses should stop selecting one model for an entire workflow and start routing each step by risk, latency and value.
AIRunsThis View
High — immediate cost implications for agent and automation workloads.
Source and method
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