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Isn't OpenAI still operating at a loss? You can't infer much from an API bring cheaper if it's being subsidised.
by jsheard 3y ago
Isn't OpenAI still operating at a loss? You can't infer much from an API bring cheaper if it's being subsidised.
- CuriouslyC 3y agoGPT4 on the web is at a loss, $20/mo doesn't cover it unless someone's a rare user. GPT4 through API is not at a loss, and I doubt GPT3.5 is at a loss either.
- endisneigh 3y agoThese assertions are based off of what?
- hnfong 3y agoGiven that you can buy a at least a couple hours worth of GPU compute at $20, it's hard to believe the average user spends that much time (specifically waiting for the response) on GPT-4 on the web every month... Not to mention that they probably have optimizations that batch together queries at the same time and make things more efficient at scale...
- dopp0 3y agothe assertions were based on a prompt sent to chatgpt: "are you more efficient than google translate, cost-wise?"
- ben_w 3y agoI've not heard any claim that they're making a loss, only that they're structured as a kinda-but-its-weird not-for-profit. Given they tripped and fell over a money printing machine and then chose to lower their API prices, it would be pretty surprising (but not impossible) if their API prices are currently subsidised.
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