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Tell HN: OpenAI will require pre-purchased API credits from March 25th
- ScotterC 3y agoMy immediate instinct here is they need cash. Or are dealing with a lot of fraud which is a pain to limit.
- subtra3t 3y agoI suspect the latter.
- sylware 3y agowallet codes are coming...
- type_Ben_struct 3y agoIsn’t this the case already for most users? All I could find when searching was: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8264644-what-is-prepaid-billing https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8264644-what-is-prepaid-...
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- leobg 3y agoLove the lingo: “Prepaid billing allows API users to pre-purchase usage.” I just hope the guys who write their documentation are not the same who RLHF the upcoming AGI.
- jscheel 3y agoThis new credit pricing change is customer-hostile, and the rollout is terrible. Not only do we have a paltry week to figure it out, half the UI and marketing still assumes paygo, and there's no way to set up auto-refills, at least for me. I've seen other reports of people being able to set up auto-refills, but they probably have it hidden behind a feature flag. This is really bad form. How am I supposed to rely on OpenAI for my company's model usage when I have to manually top it off because they didn't roll out auto-refills to me?
- aosaigh 3y agoI just got started with the API recently and was surprised that this was the payment model. Currently I’m just experimenting with the API but there’s no way I’d rely on a manual top up system for a production app. It’s like using a coin-fed student electricity meter to run your company.