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Claude's API bills by input tokens, and image frames consume a large number of tokens; a single standard image may consume hundreds to thousands of tokens, far more than text carrying the same amount of information.
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10/17/2026
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New Breakthrough in Claude Video Understanding: 23-Minute Long Video Processing Costs Only a Few Cents
redditr/aiagents10/17/2026
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