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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.

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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.
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