OpenAI announced on the 8th that it is expanding access to its next-generation model, ‘GPT-6,’ to all global ChatGPT users, including free users. This opens up the latest model, which was previously available only to paid subscribers, to free users. On the same day, Antropic launched ‘Claude Haiku 5.5,’ a smaller model with improved performance and a lower price. As both companies accelerate user acquisition, the competition for the popularizati…