A $200 ChatGPT subscription could cost OpenAI $14,000 if you actually used it to its full potential
Summary
An analysis suggests that if users fully utilized OpenAI's $200 ChatGPT subscription, the compute costs could reach $14,000, highlighting the economic challenges of AI deployment at scale.
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@FinanceYF5: AI subscription plan subsidies are much larger than imagined. Claude Max 20x: $200/month, actual usage value about $8,000. ChatGPT Pro 20x: $200/month, actual usage value about $14,000. You spend $200, they lose thousands supporting you. This price war,…
Discusses the subsidy scale of AI subscription plans, pointing out that Claude Max and ChatGPT Pro cost $200 per month but actual usage value is far higher, implying fierce price competition.