DEV Community: AI Clock The latest articles on DEV Community by AI Clock (@aiclock). https://dev.to/aiclock https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3908444%2F814a56ca-ccc0-4795-8f03-b483ce9e51cf.png DEV Community: AI Clock https://dev.to/aiclock en AI now fixes a real GitHub bug for $5.75 AI Clock Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:54:53 +0000 https://dev.to/aiclock/ai-now-fixes-a-real-github-bug-for-575-26i0 https://dev.to/aiclock/ai-now-fixes-a-real-github-bug-for-575-26i0 <p>$5.75 — that's what it now costs for a frontier AI to fix a real GitHub bug (cheapest model, SWE-bench Verified).</p> <p>In March 2023 it was $433. A ~75x drop in three years — cost-per-resolved-task halving roughly every 250 days.</p> <p>A freelance dev would charge $50–135 for the same fix.</p> <p>We track it live: <a href="https://aiclock.net/?utm_source=devto&amp;utm_medium=post" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://aiclock.net/?utm_source=devto&amp;utm_medium=post</a></p> ai machinelearning programming productivity $5.75 — what a frontier AI now costs to fix a real GitHub bug (cheapest model, SWE-bench Verified). March 2023: $433. A ~75x drop, halving every ~250 days. A human dev would charge $50–135. Live: aiclock.net/?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=post AI Clock Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:25:47 +0000 https://dev.to/aiclock/575-what-a-frontier-ai-now-costs-to-fix-a-real-github-bug-cheapest-model-swe-bench-verified-5cb5 https://dev.to/aiclock/575-what-a-frontier-ai-now-costs-to-fix-a-real-github-bug-cheapest-model-swe-bench-verified-5cb5 ai automation github llm