> they still need to make money off their investments
Depends on how you define this. Most of the top companies don't care as much about making a profit off of AI inference itself, if the existence of the -feature- of AI inference drives more usage and/or sales of their other products (phones, computers, operating systems, etc.)
That's why, for example, Google and Bing searches automatically perform LLM inference at no cost to the user.
Depends on how you define this. Most of the top companies don't care as much about making a profit off of AI inference itself, if the existence of the -feature- of AI inference drives more usage and/or sales of their other products (phones, computers, operating systems, etc.)
That's why, for example, Google and Bing searches automatically perform LLM inference at no cost to the user.