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title: "ChatGPT could cost OpenAI up to $700,000 a day to run due to \"expensive…"
date: 2023-04-21T13:09:00.000Z
author: Ricardo Mendes
url: https://rmendes.net/notes/2023/04/21/chatgpt-could-cost/
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# ChatGPT could cost OpenAI up to $700,000 a day to run due to "expensive…

ChatGPT could cost OpenAI up to $700,000 a day to run due to "expensive servers," an analyst told The Information. 

    ChatGPT requires massive amounts of computing power on expensive servers to answer queries.

    Microsoft is secretly building an AI chip to reduce the cost, per The Information. 


https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-chatgpt-costs-openai-to-run-estimate-report-2023-4?r=US&IR=T
