However, these price reductions did not halt the continued loss of developers to Chinese competitors offering more affordable models. Nevertheless, the disparity highlights that price cuts have not sufficiently slowed the migration of developers toward Chinese open-source models. It claims that GPT-5.6 Luna reduces factual errors by 62 percent compared to the previous free model, GPT-5.5 Instant. Other major cloud providers like Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and Baidu AI Cloud also increased prices for AI services earlier this year. DeepSeek’s decision to revise its pricing reflects a broader shift among Chinese AI companies from initial low-price, market-share-building strategies toward pricing models based on the value delivered.