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Mercury 3 (Inception) model offers 1M context at low cost

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The Mercury 3 (Inception) model has been released, offering a 1 million token context window at a competitive price point. This new model costs $0.10 per 1 million input tokens and $0.35 per 1 million output tokens, significantly altering the cost-effectiveness of processing large amounts of data within a single model pass. AI

IMPACT This release significantly lowers the cost of processing large contexts, potentially enabling new applications and workflows that were previously cost-prohibitive.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Mercury 3 (Inception) model offers 1M context at low cost

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Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    Within an hour of release, Mercury 3 (Inception) shows 1M context at $0.1 in / $0.35 out per 1M tokens. That price-to-length ratio shifts what you can afford to

    Within an hour of release, Mercury 3 (Inception) shows 1M context at $0.1 in / $0.35 out per 1M tokens. That price-to-length ratio shifts what you can afford to feed a model in one pass. https:// olud.ai/latest.html # AI # LLM

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