[ExI] Just Running ChatGPT Is Costing OpenAI a Staggering Sum Every Single Day

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
BillK via extropy-chat
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Subject: [ExI] Just Running ChatGPT Is Costing OpenAI a Staggering Sum Every
Single Day

Just Running ChatGPT Is Costing OpenAI a Staggering Sum Every Single Day The
company is burning through cash.

<https://futurism.com/the-byte/chatgpt-costs-openai-every-day>
Quotes:
Unbelievable Upkeep

>...ChatGPT's immense popularity and power make it eye-wateringly expensive
to maintain, The Information reports, with OpenAI paying up to $700,000 a
day to keep its beefy infrastructure running, based on figures from the
research firm SemiAnalysis....
BillK
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Thanks for that BillK.  When Elon bought Twitter, it was burning thru 4
million bucks a day.  But when he did what any of us here would realize we
had to do, lay off most of the payroll, he was harshly criticized.  I don't
understand what the critics were missing.  The company was down to a few
weeks to live, a jillionaire stepped in and saved it from extinction, and
somehow... he ends up being the bad guy?  

Ok then.

It is clear that OpenAI must go to some kind of subscription model quickly,
or... it's curtains for a really cool product, one that is likely to sell
millions of subscriptions, bring in enough cash to keep it running and keep
the lights on.

spike