> Why do everyone assume they are subsidized?
It's not an assumption when the companies hosting the models publicly announce that they're subsidizing costs.
It's not an assumption when the companies hosting the models publicly announce that they're subsidizing costs.
Ignoring current state of shortages, the interesting part (for me at least) is how much a SOTA token costs on current hardware if you exclude the costs for paying for current TSMC shortage and without factoring in the cost of new datacenters being rushed and renting hardware from your competitors (who are also supply limited).
The "actual" cost is of course also relevant and interesting but it is another thing entirely.
The former does not pass the smell test when there are random providers selling tokens for competitive open weight models.