OpenAI’s Price Cuts Are a Game Changer for Your AI Writing

Manish Dangi
Quill and Ink
Published in
4 min readFeb 10, 2024
Image: Created by Author in Midjourney

I got an mail today from OpenAI that they are reducing that GPT 3.5 turbo pricing from Feb 16……Its a GOOD NEWS…

If you are my reader you know how important is OpenAI for a content creator.

OpenAI recently announced some preeetty major price cuts for their new gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 model. record scratch 😮 I know, right?

With input prices slashed by 50% and output prices dropped by 25%, um, this is kinda a big deal! 🤯

Here are my API uses of December:

Image: Open AI’s API Uses Data by Author

Here are my API uses of January:

So yeah, you’re probably wondering — how do these price cuts actually make AI more affordable and accessible for little ol’ developers like yourself?

Well, let me break it down for ya! 👇

New Gpt-3.5 Turbo Model

Alright, first things first — OpenAI just launched their newest bot, the gpt-3.5-turbo-0125. Hmm, kinda a mouthful of a name, but let me translate. 🤓

This new model has upgrades like improved features, bug fixes, better performance — the whole shebang!

OpenAI listened to what developers needed and made the changes. Respect! ✊

mail for OpenAI

Now, for the juicy part — the token pricing! 💰 Input prices for gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 have been cut in HALF to $0.0005 per 1,000 tokens.

And output prices are 25% lower at $0.0015 per 1,000 tokens. Uh huh, I’ll do the math for ya — that’s some serious savings! 🤑

Pricing Reductions

Alright, let’s talk cold hard cash. 💵 With input prices now 50% cheaper at $0.0005/1K tokens and output prices 25% lower at $0.0015/1K tokens — you’re looking at some solid cost benefits!

Developers have reacted positively to these price cuts since it makes gpt-3.5 Turbo more financially accessible.

You’ll also be able to stretch your budget further thanks to the reductions! You can take those savings and put ’em towards more ambitious AI projects. 💡Pretty sweet deal if you ask me!

Other Launches

Okay, what else has OpenAI been cookin’ up for developers lately? 👩‍🍳 Well, there’s:

✅ More efficient text embedding models

✅ Enhanced code generation

✅ Better API key management

✅ Harmful text detection

✅ Insights from usage dashboards

Hmm, that’s a whole lotta improvements! Let me explain…

They released two new text embedding models —

a “small” high efficiency one and a more powerful “large” one.

More options for ya!

The updated GPT-4 Turbo preview model is better at completing coding tasks and has minor upgrades. Progress!

Managing API keys now has more control settings and the usage dashboards offer detailed metrics. Understanding and optimizing your API usage just got easier!

Oh, and the text moderation capabilities are improved so you can detect harmful content more easily. Safety first!

Lots of handy developer perks in there to step up your applications!

Managing API Usage

Okay, last but not least — a lil’ advice on managing that API usage properly. 🧑‍💻 Having the right analytics and controls is key here.

The API keys settings let you assign permissions so only authorized peeps can access the API. Organization is 🔑!

With the usage dashboards, you can track requests, tokens consumed, response times — the whole shebang! Get those insights and optimize how you use the API.

More info = smarter decisions! 🧠

Monitoring consumption levels matters too. OpenAI shows how many tokens are used per call, so you can estimate better and stick to your budget goals. 🎯

Let me know if you have any other questions!

OpenAI is really changing the game for developers lately with all these launches and discounts. Pretty exciting stuff! ✨

Time to put that AI power to use in your apps, my friend!

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