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Comment by rkwasny | Hacker News Reader

Pricing is good because OpenAI does not need to make any money but needs data for feedback, if everyone switches to open source ( Llama etc. ) they won't get the data they need.

Google is testing their system internally with XX thousand users, OpenAI with XXX million users ...

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> Starting today, OpenAI says that it won’t use any data submitted through its API for “service improvements,” including AI model training, unless a customer or organization opts in. In addition, the company is implementing a 30-day data retention policy for API users with options for stricter retention “depending on user needs,” and simplifying its terms and data ownership to make it clear that users own the input and output of the models.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/01/addressing-criticism-opena...

> Data submitted through the API is no longer used for service improvements (including model training) unless the organization opts in

I don't think the pricing is largely driven by intention to scrape API requests for data.

I think they are actually selling this service at a price point that is profitable.

That would be a refreshing change for this industry. It's always nice to see a company that just charges the money it needs, instead of playing 4D chess with their business model.

Something that has been bothering me for a while is whether poisoning of OpenAI's dataset is possible, willingly or otherwise.

An example here is getting chatGPT to accept that that 2+2=5, it's a lot of effort, but can be done. Then the users can give thumbs up when such responses are given.

Could this cause issues?

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