Expired50% confidenceFactExact time
Using Prompt Caching technology, the same API call costs $1 the first time and only $0.05 the second time, reducing costs by 20 times.
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Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
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