Let me offer an alternative: logical reasoning.

1. Increased revenue normally means increased usage. [We don't dispute that, right?]

2. Increased usage normally means increased cost.

3. There is an exception to 2: if Anthropic made a gigantic discovery and was able to reduce the cost while increasing the usage - but since it would be in their best interests, they would announce this information and brag about it for months, but they haven't (what they do is just playing the quantization game all labs do, but this is beside the point).

4. Hence, we have very solid reasons to assume their costs increased.