At some point in the near future I think most people will opt to create their own hardware just like they are currently opting to create their own software
Unless you've got the money to spend, the strategy going forward is Frontier for planning/review and less beefy models for execution.
If you've got the cash, by all means, spend away on Fable 5 !
New CursorBench results just dropped and Grok 4.5 is the story.
#3 overall at 66.7%. Right behind Fable 5 Max at 70.5%.
Now look at the cost column.
Fable 5 Max: $17.32 per task
Grok 4.5 High: $1.51 per task
That is Fable level performance at roughly 1/10th the cost.
And it beats Fable 5 High and Opus 4.8 Max outright.
The intelligence war just became a price war.
Based on strong positive feedback from customers in our beta test program, @SpaceXAI will make Grok 4.5 available to the public tomorrow.
It is an Opus-class model, but faster, more token-efficient and lower cost.
@localghost Iโm sure they did but I think itโs more about GPT 5.6 being right around the corner. Itโs a teeter totter between OpenAI and Anthropic and they want the playing field to be even when it releases.
They had to do it.
You canโt get everyone addicted to a feature, rip it away overnight, and expect people to stay subscribed. Especially with GPT 5.6 on the horizon.
This was the only smart move.