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Rivian unveils the R2, a more affordable midsize electric SUV starting at $45,000, with multiple trims and up to 330 miles of range, aiming for volume sales to secure the company's future.

A review of the Rivian R2 electric SUV highlights its impressive off-road capability and advanced technology, including a hands-free driving system that still needs refinement. The vehicle aims to be a mainstream success for Rivian with pricing starting at $46,485.

Apple announced that developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads can use its Foundation Models via Private Cloud Compute at no cloud API cost, aiming to attract indie developers by lowering AI infrastructure barriers.

MiniMax's price increases and model limitations are driving users away to competitors like DeepSeek and premium options like Claude or ChatGPT, reversing its earlier reputation as a cheap, usable daily driver.

A tweet commenting on the unexpected speed of changes in AI token pricing, contrasting earlier periods of subsidized usage with current attempts to limit adoption.

A user expresses concern about Claude subscription costs potentially rising from monthly to daily charges, prompting discussion among users.

A weekly AI industry recap covering major developments: Anthropic's near-trillion IPO filing with $47B revenue, Microsoft's continuous Autopilot agents and new MAI models, Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash release and price cuts, Mistral's Vibe rebrand, SpaceX's xAI acquisition, Alibaba's Qwen3.7-Plus, Hugging Face IPO, and record AI investment figures.

The RTX 3080 20GB variant is reportedly available for $438, considered a good deal for a high-end GPU.

Uber is limiting employee token spending to $1,500 per month per AI coding tool, revealing real-world pricing and value assessment for AI assistance in software engineering.

The article criticizes the lack of transparency in AI token usage and pricing, arguing that providers like Claude and Cursor intentionally keep consumption vague to obscure costs and encourage upgrades.

GitHub Copilot has switched to usage-based billing, making the cost of AI coding agents visible and signaling the end of the subsidized era for US AI coding tools. This shift may reduce US market share as developers realize they don't need expensive frontier models for most tasks.

Dropstone 1.5 offers double the usage of Claude Code Pro for $15 per month.

GitHub Copilot's new usage-based pricing model causes sticker shock among users, with some burning through a month's credits within a day. The change ends the previous subsidy model that kept costs low for heavy users.

NVIDIA's GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra DGX Station appears on Scan UK with pricetags, revealing pricing for the upcoming AI workstation.

A blog post from Flyback demonstrates how a LightGBM feature that ranked #1 in importance actually worsened predictions due to target encoding leakage, highlighting the danger of relying solely on feature importance metrics.

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT Pro and Plus subscriptions. The $100/month Pro tier provides 5x Codex usage, but the 10x benefit at $100 is ending soon, and users need to upgrade to $200.

GitHub Copilot is switching from a flat subscription fee to a token-based billing model, causing developer outrage as costs could skyrocket for heavy users. The change has sparked debate over usage habits and Microsoft's pricing strategy.

MiMo 2.5 Pro has lowered its price to match DeepSeek V4 Pro, sparking a price war among AI model providers.

DeepSeek permanently reduced V4 Pro prices by 75%, undercutting leading AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, escalating the AI price war.

The author analyzes the current AI race, arguing that big corporations are using high costs to outlast smaller competitors, but predicts a shift to flat-fee pricing and locally-run AI in the long term, advocating for government co-built data centers for sovereign AI infrastructure.