Grok 4.5 undercuts Claude Opus on price but trails it at the top

SpaceXAI recently released a new version of its AI chatbot called Grok 4.5. This is a coding-focused model that Elon Musk pitched as an “Opus-class” rival to Anthropic’s Claude at a fraction of the cost.  Considering the rising cost of AI usage, engineering teams are now prioritizing price per completed task over peak intelligence.  Does...