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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by conception on Saturday August 22, 2026 @07:10PM (#49404755)
Inference is profitable though.
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by jazzyjackson on Saturday August 22, 2026 @07:38PM (#49404905)
Even that being the case, if the providers can squeeze more happy customers onto existing capacity they would likely act to increase profitability, no?
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by flyinglizard on Sunday August 23, 2026 @04:02AM (#49406929)
I pay $200 a month at home for roughly the same amount of tokens I pay $3k for (or possibly more) at work. I doubt they are both profitable and sustainable.
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