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Re:OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% wi... by WarmWash on Monday October 26, 2026 @09:42AM (#50243543)
The correct quote is "If you ignore the costs that will come down in the future or stay fixed as userbase scales, then we are actually quite profitable"

Which is a basic truism of pretty much all startups, and nothing noteworthy or insightful to point out.

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Re:OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% wi... by jackb4040 on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:29AM (#50244351)
Why would you expect training costs to come down in the future? It seems to me that the labs themselves have concluded they can't stop training due to competition, which is why they're now asking the government to step in and shut down their competitors.
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Re:OpenAI and Anthropic cut their LLM prices by up to 80% wi... by WarmWash on Monday October 26, 2026 @10:59AM (#50244926)
> or stay fixed as userbase scales
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