Today in AI: Pricing Wars Intensify, Cashfree Launches Payment Agent, Gemini 3.5 Pro Delays Signal — August 31, 2026
August 31, 2026 — curated links and takeaways. 1. DeepSeek V4 Flash Leads Cost Competition at $0.14/$0.28 Per Million Tokens DeepSeek V4 Flash is now the cheapest production-grade API at $0.14 input / $0.28 output per million tokens, while DeepSeek V4 Pro remains permanently 75% discounted. This pricing floor forces all vendors downward and shifts … Read more