Meta’s GPT-5.5 Claim Is a Billion-Dollar Distraction
Meta’s claim of matching GPT-5.5 is a strategic distraction. The company’s real needs—content moderation, ads, customer service—are cost-sensitive and don’t need frontier models. The move risks creating a self-defeating cycle of building a low-margin cloud business while still buying expensive tokens from rivals. Focus on commodity pricing, not benchmarks.