A classic move that never dies: lower the price, then make the billable unit more expensive. Sonnet 5 does it with a new tokenizer, while almost catching up with Opus.

Anthropic's new models had their passports revoked within two days. AI is now geopolitical infrastructure: dual-use technology concentrated in American companies and subject to a kill switch only they control.

Anthropic's new model is designed to be safe for you and dangerous for those it approves. The company openly admits that it has built something capable of causing real harm, while appointing itself the arbiter of who may use it.

The outdated documentation that used to confuse interns now confuses agents too, only at a higher price. When context has a cost, clarity stops being only a technical virtue and becomes a way to save money.

The cloud felt infinite until someone actually read the invoice: the AI industry is leaving the age of subsidies behind and entering the age of the token meter. The shift toward pay-as-you-go pricing exposes the real cost of artificial intelligence and reopens uncomfortable questions about sustainability, dependence, and productivity.