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Re:OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multib... by vineyardmike on Friday October 31, 2025 @01:36PM (#45774565)
Because they’re not that wildly unprofitable. Yes, obviously the companies spend a ton of money on training, but several have said that each model is independently “profitable” - the income from selling access to the model has overcome the costs of training it. It’s just that revenues haven’t overcome the cost of training the next one, which gets bigger every time.
Re:OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multib... by alangibson on Friday October 31, 2025 @02:03PM (#45774864)
> the income from selling access to the model has overcome the costs of training it.

Citation needed. This is completely untrue AFAIK. They've claimed that inference is profitable, but not that they are making a profit when training costs are included.

Re:OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multib... by JohnnyMarcone on Friday October 31, 2025 @07:28PM (#45777843)
I've also seen Open AI and Anthropic say it's pretty close at least. I'll try to follow up with a source.