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Amid buzz around Meta's Muse assistant, OpenAI's Dots, and the $10 billion-valued Instinct, an Andreessen Horowitz report citing PNC research shows consumer willingness to pay for AI services remains low. As of May, only about 2.2% of consumers were paying for AI products, with spending growing slowly despite improving model capabilities.
Mistral has struck a partnership with Mozilla under which its AI models will power Firefox's built-in AI assistant. The deal aims to broaden Mistral's reach among everyday consumers by tapping into Firefox's established user base.
A tech commentator reports extensive hands-on testing of GPT-5.6-Luna, a fast small AI model that processes complex tasks—like scanning thousands of emails—for only tens of cents per query. The author also notes GLM 5.3 as another efficient option now competing at the frontier of cost-versus-capability, arguing that these smaller models have quietly closed much of the gap with premium models like Fable 5.