A Dumb Reality of ChatGPT Could Spell Big Trouble for OpenAI

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The AI chatbot wars are well underway, with OpenAI and various would-be competitors — both large and small — vying for the number one spot in the industry.

There’s an incredible amount of hype surrounding the tech these days, and the investments keep pouring in. But as they currently stand, chatbots have an Achilles heel that could turn them into a major headache in the long run, as The Washington Post reports: they cost a huge amount of money to run.

Every time a user asks these chatbots something, it costs the companies running them money. In plain English, they’re extremely…