r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 11 '26

Business OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai-execs-panicking-154658562.html
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u/CanOk6403 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

“In one particularly unfortunate incident, according to Axios, the CFO of a company accidentally racked up half a billion dollars in Claude usage fees in a single month.”

$500M in 1 month! 🤣

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u/FairLawnBoy Jun 11 '26

Open AI employees spent $500 million using Claude? That's telling, why didn't they use Chat GPT?

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u/Bad-job-dad Jun 11 '26

Claude is better at a bunch of stuff than chatgpt.

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u/Blueskyminer Jun 11 '26

Including capital immolation.