Expired50% confidenceFactExact time
DeepSeek's costs account for just 1% of total AI spending despite surpassing OpenAI in token usage
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Sources
50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
Five Bombshell AI Stories in a Single Day: GLM-5.2 Goes Open Source, DeepSeek V4 Gray Release, Cursor Acquired
bilibiliYoungs羊示6/17/2026
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