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Are OpenAI and Anthropic losing money on inference?

(martinalderson.com)
507 points martinald | 2 comments | 28 Aug 25 10:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pityJuke ◴[28 Aug 25 13:26 UTC] No.45051892[source]▶
From https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/759897/sam-..., Sam Altman said:

> “If we didn’t pay for training, we’d be a very profitable company.”

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miltonlost ◴[28 Aug 25 14:49 UTC] No.45052890[source]▶
Or if they had to pay copyright costs. So much pirated data being repackaged and sold.
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1. otterley ◴[28 Aug 25 15:18 UTC] No.45053300[source]▶
It’s not being repackaged. That question has already been settled by at least two courts.
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2. ◴[28 Aug 25 15:49 UTC] No.45053695[source]▶