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How could OpenAI possibly be worth 80 billion USD when Facebook offers a self-hosting alternative for free?
by rightbyte 3y ago
How could OpenAI possibly be worth 80 billion USD when Facebook offers a self-hosting alternative for free?
- AntonyGarand 3y agoComparing llama with OpenAI is like comparing a pixel 7 to Apple: They're somewhat related but it's much more than that. The model (iPhone) has some value, but the company itself and all its resource are worth more than the product they provide.
- SkyPuncher 3y agoHow do I run Facebook's at scale? How do I scale that on-demand?
- seydor 3y agomicrosoft bing offers chat that can read images and use your PDF files. As far as free offerings go, MS is better
- StableAlkyne 3y agoAnd the Bing chatbot runs GPT-4 under the hood, due to MS's sizeable investment into OpenAI
- matteoraso 3y agoSelf-hosting is difficult for average people, and it requires a GPU if you want decent inference speed.
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- zelly 3y agoYou’re joking right
- seydor 3y agothe amazing thing about Llamas is how simple the models are. The tech itself does not have a moat. We don't have yet the "wikimedia of AI" , but when we do there don't seem to be obstacles that will prevent it from competing with openAI. And openAi does not have a network effect lock-in