TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · Jun 6 Was ChatGPT's initial pricing based on a model...or a vibe and a guess? With costs rising, the pricing reality is crashing into the expectations set by that $20/month fee. The Equity podcast team dives right into the new AI economics: spr.ly/63329B8twG7
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The business model was to gain a monopoly and then raise prices, just like everything else in business this century.
AI economics do not work. Without taking numerous resources from others, ie intellectual property, water, power, they have no business.
everyone claims there's some sort of other "true cost" but then you ask them what that number is, what are they subsidizing, and suddenly no one can give you a straight answer
Stricter usage limits are coming. Anthropic was way ahead in that aspect.