Sam Altman almost scrapped token pricing. Here’s why he backed off.
CEO Sam Altman revealed that OpenAI considered a billing system similar to AWS, where developers would be billed after a prompt was processed. The company reverted to token pricing because customers demanded transparency regarding what they were paying for.
Key points
- Considered moving away from token-based pricing
- Proposed a 'do something and get a bill' model
- Customer pushback led to the decision to keep token metering
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