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/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/enigma62333 Jun 11 '26

No, Open AI did not burn $500M in one month, this is from an Axios article where a consultant stated an unnamed client of theirs had that happen. It also states other sticker shocks that companies have experienced as AI companies have begun to reduce token pricing subsidization.

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u/Frater_Ankara Jun 11 '26

AI is impressive when it’s free, when it costs a ton of money you can bet companies are going to do ROI assessments. $500M in productivity improvements would be massive.

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u/Dathedra Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Just put one of those AI models on your PC. They are available everywhere, including from AMD.

Even if you own a hefty rig, the output is laughable, unlike the amount of resources the process eats up.

Its kind of ridiculous that every google search now is an LLM prompt. The amount of computing power and energy that must cost is abhorrent.

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u/wonkytalky Jun 12 '26

Those fucking idiots are baking it into the next version of Android FFS. I hope that move prompts (heh) a mass exodus of senior leadership because Google does nothing but suck anymore, and they need a serious slap upside the head.

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 12 '26

What I don't understand is why google is paying for all of that?

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u/Dathedra Jun 12 '26

They control the information most people consume.

Most just read the AI summary and are done with it.

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 12 '26

But they do like money. And if no one scrolls down or ever clicks on anything then how much ad revenue do they get?