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Re:60% Fable cost cut by converting code to images and havin... by Salgat on Friday July 03, 2026 @07:15PM (#48781120)
That's not what is happening. Claude isn't charging for the tokens it generates from the OCR on its side, but it's still processing the same number of tokens as if you had sent the text, just with the extra step of OCR on Claude's side. This is 100% a loophole that's burning extra resources.
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Re:60% Fable cost cut by converting code to images and havin... by ricardobeat on Saturday July 04, 2026 @03:35PM (#48788240)
There is no OCR, in the traditional sense, involved.
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