$META Muse Spark and $GOOGL Gemini Cost ~$0.40 Per AI Task vs. $2.34 for Anthropic's Opus 5, a Nearly 6x Gap

$META Muse Spark and $GOOGL Gemini cost just ~$0.40 per AI task versus $2.34 for Anthropic's Opus 5, showing a nearly 6x gap in the cost of intelligence.
The advantage for Google and Meta is that they can monetize AI through cloud, ads and commerce, giving them more flexibility to price models aggressively without relying entirely on subscriptions.
The author also believes AI agents will start choosing the cheapest model that gets the job done. That would put pressure on premium models to justify their pricing, while more of AI's value shifts toward companies controlling AI infrastructure and distribution.