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According to Epoch, OpenAI allocated about 25% of its compute to inference in 2024; the speaker estimates the share is now likely around 50% or higher.
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“And with regards to the share compute that goes to trading versus inference,”
“in 2024,”
“according to Epoch,”
“OpenAI was spending just a quarter of its compute on inference,”
“and that number is likely closer to 50%, if not higher now.”1:21Report a misattribution
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