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Fewer Tokens, Lower Price, Ships Now: Google's New Inference Playbook
Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash launched with a 17% output token reduction and a price cut on outputs. It signals that the real AI model competition has moved from headline benchmarks to cost per task.
Apple's Siri Runs on Google Now. That's Not a Bug — It's the Compute Crisis Made Visible.
Apple's WWDC Siri AI reveal and Google's deal with SpaceX arrived days apart. Together, they expose the structural reality of the AI era: even the biggest device makers and hyperscalers can't build fast enough alone.