they clearly arent losing money, i dont understand why people think this is true
replyPeople think it's true because it is true, and OpenAI has told us themselves.
replyThey (very optimistically) say they'll be profitable in 2030.
They're saying Anthropic doesn't have enough compute, not OpenAI. They said OpenAI specifically invested early in compute at a loss.
replyThey are loosing money because the model training costs billions.
replyModel inference compute over model lifetime is ~10x of model training compute now for major providers. Expected to climb as demand for AI inference rises.
replyFor sure and growth also costs money for buying DCs etc.
replyThey are constantly training and getting rid of older models, they are losing money
replyWhich part of "over model lifetime" did you not understand?
replyThat's not a sufficient condition for profitability if both inference and scaling costs continue to increase over time.
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