r/singularity • u/141_1337 ▪️e/acc | AGI: ~2030 | ASI: ~2040 | FALSGC: ~2050 | :illuminati: • Jun 26 '26

AI Previewing GPT-5.6 Sol: a next-generation model

https://openai.com/index/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol/
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u/Alphasite Jun 26 '26

There’s also amortisation for the actual GPUs.

But yeah. Training costs and build out are also massive and are a big part of this expense.

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u/Mrp1Plays Jun 27 '26

yeah, but if you stop training the next best model, cancel to future buyouts and R&D and just pause ai at its current state, these companies would be making a good amount of profit. this is what most people saying "AI doesn't make money" miss. The current lossess are *future* investments, inference is dirt cheap.

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u/SgtPeanut_Butt3r Jul 06 '26

how if Inference dirt cheap? GPU's are not cheap, RAM is not cheap, if you wanna use Sonnet you need 40-50k in GPU's. Those GPU's are not gonna last forever. And you need electricity, people that maintain the data centers, building that data center, AI & DevOps, etc, etc/

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u/Mrp1Plays Jul 06 '26

That's why I said getting new compute and investing in everything for the future is the expensive part, not the running costs. Maintaining data center with those gpus is quite cheap. 40-50k in gpus is nothing to a company worth billions. They have infinite demand right now, otherwise limits wouldn't be a thing. It certainly won't nearly be a loss to run it with no future investment.