Be Like Microsoft: How OpenAI Customers Bend the Rules to Save Money

This might not be at the top of Sam Altman’s priority list now that he’s back at OpenAI, but the CEO may soon have to deal with a looming threat to the business. Customers, such as fintech startup Ramp, are using OpenAI models like GPT-4 to customize cheaper-to-run open-source alternatives. 

Technically, that behavior goes against OpenAI’s terms of use but OpenAI doesn’t seem too bothered by it—yet. But if this trend spreads, OpenAI’s growth is likely to be …

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