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OpenAI is reportedly considering sharp price cuts for paid access to its AI models as competition with Anthropic intensifies and both companies race for users ahead of potential IPOs. "The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens, the unit of measurement artificial-intelligence firms use to bill for their products," the Wall Street Journal said, adding that it was "in anticipation of similar cuts the company expects at Anthropic." CNBC reports: The ChatGPT producer, which did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment, currently charges consumers in tiered subscriptions of $8, $20 and $100 and above each month for access to its flagship GPT-5.5 models. Anthropic conversely charges users $17 each month with an annual subscription to Claude Pro, and $100 and above monthly for a subscription to Claude Max. OpenAI confidentially filed for an IPO on Monday, just a week after Anthropic made its own filing.

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As exclusively revealed by the Daily Mail last week, the Wegovy Pill - the tablet form of the once-weekly Wegovy injection - has been greenlit by health officials.

All residents have been removed from Essex hotel, The Bell Hotel, used to house asylum seekers, with fire safety concerns reported.

All residents have been removed from Essex hotel, The Bell Hotel, used to house asylum seekers, with fire safety concerns reported.

The Hollywood bombshell shares Honor, another daughter called Haven, 14, and a son called Hayes, eight, with her ex-husband Cash Warren.

The actress, who kept her breast cancer diagnosis private for months before publicly revealing it in March 2024, appeared overwhelmed with emotion as she prepared for the life-changing operation.

Asylum seekers who were staying at The Bell Hotel, which was at the centre of anti-migrant protests, have all been removed from the site.

John Healey announced he was leaving Cabinet with a brutal parting shot at Keir Starmer after months of bitter wrangling over the Defence Investment Plan.

Italian authorities are desperately hunting for a female British hiker who seemingly vanished into thin air during a solo trek through a mountainous region. 

Jesy Nelson has thanked fans for their support after showcasing her new documentary at the Sheffield DocFest on Thursday.

A new flu strain that could infect half of Britain and cost the economy £2trillion is among the biggest risks the country faces, health chiefs have warned.

We're all familiar with AI cranks by now, but what about crank-powered AIs?

The Home Office has said that they are closing every asylum hotel and moving asylum seekers into basic accommodation

The reality TV star, 45, who is dating Lewis Hamilton , 41, has come under fire after attending the most glamorous race on the F1 calendar to cheer on her new boyfriend last weekend.

Jennifer Lopez talked about who she would have sex with, her toxic romances and healing from her Ben Affleck split in a new interview. 

Under the new regulations, players will not be allowed to go to the touchline, rather they must remain where they are or come together in the centre circle.

Opendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after opening offices there. Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a post from Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian: "I shared this note earlier today with the entire team at Opendoor. Today we began to say goodbye to our colleagues in India as we wind down our India operations. Our customers are in America, and that's where our operational work belongs." TechCrunch reports: In announcing the decision on Wednesday, CEO Kaz Nejatian cited a push to bring operational work back to the U.S., where Opendoor's customers are, and a shift toward smaller AI-native teams. The company did not respond to requests for comment on how many employees were affected or how much of the decision was driven by AI efficiency. But the announcement quickly gained traction across Silicon Valley, where founders, investors, and outsourcing experts see it as an early example of how AI is reshaping the economics that made India a global hub for back-office operations. [...] Some investors viewed the decision as a sign of what AI could mean for India's vast outsourcing workforce. "As manual work gets replaced by AI, a lot of jobs will be lost in India," wrote Sheel Mohnot, co-founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures. Others viewed Opendoor as evidence of a larger shift in how companies are organized. Keshav Lohia, a venture capitalist at Emergent Ventures, described the decision as a "watershed moment" for AI-driven operations, arguing that advances in AI are beginning to challenge the cost-arbitrage model that made India a popular offshoring destination. Phil Fersht, chief executive of HFS Research, an advisory firm that tracks the global outsourcing and business services industry, told TechCrunch that the development should not be viewed simply as jobs moving from India to the U.S. The more important shift, he said, is that AI is reducing the amount of operational labor companies require in the first place, allowing firms to run leaner organizations regardless of location. "This is not an isolated restructuring," Fersht said. "It is part of a much broader pattern we are starting to see as companies redesign operations around AI, automation, and much leaner workflows." Fersht argued that the winners would be companies that combine AI, software and human expertise to deliver outcomes without continually adding headcount, a model he described as "Services-as-Software." While Opendoor may be one of the first high-profile examples, he said it is unlikely to be the last. Some investors are already extrapolating beyond individual companies. Varun Rekhi, a venture capitalist at Speedinvest, argued that if AI reduces demand for labor-intensive services, it could eventually pressure one of India's most important export industries, which is built around supplying talent and expertise to global corporations.

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Rob Key is considering an alcohol ban for England's cricketers 'at any time and at any stage' - and admitted he has not ruled out sacking Ben Stokes after he and Gus Atkinson broke the team curfew.

This comes after the Daily Mail revealed how one of Shirilla's former fellow inmates witnessed her confessing to murder.