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[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago

A lot of startups whose entire business model relies on OpenAI's small model API calls costing under $1/Mtok, are going to go bust when OpenAI finally runs out of money and ramps the cost up tenfold.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

good point, it's all been artificially priced to get users onboard then dedicated.

[-] pfizer_dose@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yep it's blitzscaling. Run it at a loss until it's a necessity, then charge whatever the hell you want. They're blitzscaling our right to intellectual property and our right to work.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

blitzscaling

TIL there's a word for it. Thanks

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

How does it impact your right to work?

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

ive seen a ton of billboards of startup AI comp in west coast, i assume every new one that appears on these billboards, the old ones go under.

[-] Mika@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

It would be just cheaper to self-host something for the whole company then? Open-source AIs are there and they are very much competitive with proprietary solutions.

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

If you want OpenAI level response times you might be surprised how expensive self-hosting gets.

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