Comment by poilcn
5 hours ago
How these things are even connected?
The current prices the largest players set for their models are not profitable, they bleed money. Eventually they will "fix" it. It could end up making their services less affordable and it could cascade other businesses and services that are dependent on them go out of business
> The current prices the largest players set for their models are not profitable, they bleed money.
How are the open-weight Chinese models staying ~6-12 months behind on widely distributed / commodified hardware, and serving for even lower prices?
By distilling the US SOTA models, which is cheaper than creating from scratch.