• Kairos@lemmy.today
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    2 hours ago

    So, they’re earning money on token generation but not overall (including training)?

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      Openai had 2025 6billion in revenue and 20 billion costs on compute. So just to run the models to get 6billion they need to pay 20billion r&d and marketing etc get on top of that

      • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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        45 minutes ago

        I’m sure there’s a term for it but this is like when a company keeps securing funding from investors so they keep growing to try to outpace costs with the illusion that you’re profitable when in reality you’re not. Just like WeWork.