OpenAI’s new model costs 2.5x more per token — and developers are saving money anyway
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THE AI ANGLE
Increasing per-token pricing while yielding net financial savings for developersOpenAI has introduced a new model that costs 2.5 times more per token, yet developers are paradoxically saving money overall. For faculty in computer science, economics, and information systems, this highlights that evaluating modern AI implementations requires looking beyond unit pricing to total operational expenditure.
THE TEACHING ANGLE
Students can examine the economic and architectural trade-offs between higher per-token API costs and net software development savings.Read the original at thenewstack.io Generate teaching or study materials
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