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OpenAI's cost-efficient model — 90% of GPT-4o quality at 5% cost
Verdict
Best value in AI. Faster and cheaper than GPT-3.5 while being significantly smarter. Ideal for classification, extraction, summarisation, and simple chat. First choice for cost-sensitive apps.
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