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None of the 9 Biggest AI Companies Can Prove You Got the Model You Paid For
high impactA 9-vendor scorecard finds no AI company can prove served models match documentation. ChatGPT users found the gap: GPT-5.6 answered by 5.5-mini instead.
DeepSeek Raised Prices Up to 1,114%. What You'll Actually Pay Is a Different Number.
high impactDeepSeek's API price hike is reported as up to 1,114%. That's the smallest charge on the bill. Output pricing, up 355-371%, actually raises most invoices.
DeepSeek Warned Prices Are Going Up. It Won't Say How Much or When.
high impactDeepSeek warned of a 'significant' API price hike on Aug 6 with no figures or date. Independently reconfirmed Aug 12: still neither number nor date published.
Perplexity Cut Free-Tier Research Queries From 5 a Day to 1 a Month. The Original Report Didn't Catch It.
high impactPerplexity cut free-tier Research queries from 5 a day to 1 a month. OneHuman's own July 19 report missed the comparison, corrected here.
OpenAI Cut Luna's API Price 80%. DeepSeek Is Still Cheaper.
high impactOpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna's API price 80% on July 30, three weeks after setting it. DeepSeek V4-Flash still beats the new rate on both input and output.
Google Promised More Gemini Usage Detail in May. In July, the Dashboard Hasn't Moved.
high impactGoogle promised richer Gemini usage breakdowns in May. A July 27 account check finds the same two-bar dashboard, unchanged.
Claude vs. ChatGPT: Both Got Generous in July. Only Max Keeps the Gift.
high impactAnthropic and OpenAI both loosened usage limits in July. Every concession was staged or undated. Max keeps it free; Pro now pays per token.
Perplexity Sells Citations. Ask It a Broad Question and You Get SEO Blogs.
high impactPerplexity sells trustworthy citations. Free-tier testing found broad queries return SEO aggregators, not journalism, while narrow queries hold up.
Mistral Nears a $23B Valuation — Vibe Subscribers Haven't Had a Consumer Update in 47 Days
high impactFive Mistral announcements since May 28 — all enterprise, research, or robotics. Vibe subscribers: zero consumer updates in 47 days amid a ~$23B raise.
ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas Just Became One App. Here's What You're Agreeing To.
high impactOpenAI merged ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas on July 9. Free users get GPT-5.6 Terra, not Sol. Atlas closes August 9 — bookmarks don't auto-migrate.
Microsoft Raised M365 Prices July 1. The Mechanism Is Disclosed. The Driver Isn't.
high impactMicrosoft 365 prices rose 5–43% July 1. Copilot Chat bundled into base plans. Standalone Copilot now $21/user/month permanently. The framing gap is the story.
Anthropic Documents How Default Models Change. The Bill Arrived Before the Explanation Did.
high impactAnthropic's April email disclosed a 1.67× price jump when it changed Claude Code's default model. The mechanism was in the docs — the cost math wasn't.
While Five Frontier Labs Were Tightening Limits, One Tracked Vendor Cut Prices 75% and Shipped a Capability Upgrade
high impactDeepSeek made its 75% V4-Pro cut permanent and kept its tier free while five labs tightened limits. The price is real. So is the China-jurisdiction question.
xAI Cut SuperGrok Heavy's Video Quota Through a Support Email. The Pricing Page Still Says "Highest Usage Limits."
high impactxAI cut SuperGrok Heavy's video cap, Musk promised an increase in May, and by June three sources cite three different numbers. Still no published cap.
Anthropic Sued Over Claude Max: Plaintiff Says the 20x Plan Delivers 6–8x
high impactClass action alleges Anthropic's $200/mo Claude Max 20x delivers 6–8x Pro, not 20x. Filed June 15, N.D. Cal. Allegations unproven. OneHuman documents it.
Three Quiet Moves in 60 Days: How Google Restructured Gemini Without Telling Subscribers
high impactGoogle made three structural changes to paid Gemini in 60 days — compute caps, an I/O tier rebuild, a silent $7.99-to-$4.99 cut. No subscriber was notified.
AI Tool Naming Is Becoming a Category Failure — Five Examples in 60 Days
high impactFive AI naming decisions in 60 days — each making tier comparison harder. US Commerce pulled Anthropic Fable 5 mid-subscription. OneHuman documents it.
Anthropic Shipped a Claude Usage-Limit Post-Mortem in April. I Hit Two Caps in 24 Hours in June.
high impactAnthropic confirmed three limit-draining bugs April 23, reset all subscribers. Six weeks later: two throttle events in 24 hours, one account.
Mistral Just Renamed Le Chat to Vibe — The European Data Sovereignty Story Got Complicated
high impactMistral rebranded Le Chat to Vibe — an agentic assistant with Google Workspace, Slack, and GitHub access. European data sovereignty is the watchdog angle.
Grok Now Costs $300/Month Under SpaceX — The Governance Fine Print No One Is Reading
high impactGrok now costs $300/month under SpaceX. Consumer AI inside a defense contractor — five governance questions the $1.25T merger never answered.
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