{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AI News Today | Julian Goldie Podcast","title":"China's AI Is Now 99% Cheaper Than America's","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":911,"description":"Xiaomi Slashes Maimo V2.5 AI Prices by 99% Permanently — What It Means for AI Agents & Business\nThe script explains that Xiaomi permanently cut Maimo V2.5 API pricing by up to 99%, with cash-hit input dropping to $0.0036 per million tokens and output falling dramatically (e.g., Maimo V2.5 Pro output from $6 to about $0.087 per million), while performance is highlighted as multimodal and fast at roughly 57 tokens/second, similar token costs to DeepSeek but faster. It frames this as part of a broader pattern after DeepSeek made a permanent discount the prior week, arguing the near-zero token “fuel” cost will accelerate AI agent adoption for business workflows like lead gen, SEO, customer responses, and automation via Jevons paradox. The script notes real concerns around trust and data privacy, suggests testing on real tasks, and promotes an “AI Profit Board”/agent operating system with coaching and resources to implement model-swappable workflows.\n00:00 Xiaomi Drops Prices\n00:48 A Bigger Price War\n01:24 The New Token Math\n02:18 Why Businesses Benefit\n03:45 Jevons Paradox Explained\n04:01 Quality and Privacy Concerns\n05:23 China Forces Western Response\n06:07 Build Agent Workflows Pitch\n06:54 Tokens Become Infrastructure\n08:19 Real Workflow Examples\n09:13 Model Mixing Strategy\n10:12 Test Before You Commit\n10:56 How to Trial Maimo\n11:27 Inference Costs Keep Falling\n12:51 Boardroom Framework Pitch\n13:53 Wrap Up and Takeaways","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Tp0JSUlyiAe2ran44b13cjk4ImQYS1QEMKCAa9Q7go0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTYz/NGQxMTU2ZTM1MzU5/MDNiYjcwZjJmYTY5/ODJmOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}