San Francisco, June 11 -- In what could eventually become a hotly-contested price war, OpenAI is considering slashing prices of the AI offerings as it prepares for its public market debut, according to a WSJ report.

The ChatGPT-maker confidentially filed for an IPO earlier this week after archrival Anthropic did the same last week. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had earlier identified rising costs as a huge problem.

"The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens, the unit of measurement artificial-intelligence firms use to bill for their products," the WSJ report said.

The price cut by OpenAI could be in anticipation of a similar move that Anthropic is likely considering, the report added. Both the companies are fiercel...