Source: Microsoft's GitHub Copilot, the $10/month AI assistant with 1.5M+ users, loses an average of $20+/month per user and as much as $80/month for some users
Wall Street Journal
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Discussion
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@trevorcroker
Trevor Croker
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Just like the early days of streaming services, we are in the golden age of subsidized AI services. Eventually, companies will have to see a return on their investments, but the battle for market share is going to bleed profits from some deep pockets for awhile. https://www.wsj.…
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@jaspar@mastodon.online
J Emory Parker
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Important warning for anyone experimenting with integrating AI into workflows: The companies selling AI are doing the classic tech thing where they're selling it at a massive loss at the start. But these models are crazy expensive to run. Eventually that cost is going to be pas…
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@cityofthetown
Tom Dotan
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Microsoft was racking up an OpenAI bill so large on its hit AI product Github Copilot that it was losing more than $20/month per person earlier this year But high costs are a problem for all tech companies trying to turn AI hype into profitable business https://www.wsj.com/...
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@raamana_
Pradeep Raamana
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wow - GitHub Copilot is apparently losing over $20 per month per user (~$80 for some) good example: Using #ChatGPT4 to summarize an email is like getting a Lamborghini to deliver a pizza 🤣🤣 “#AI often doesn't have the economies of scale of standard software because it can...