‘OpenAI wants to make use of its AI models cheaper for developers’

OpenAI plans to make it cheaper for developers to use its AI models to create software applications. Reuters claims this based on conversations with insiders. The AI ​​giant would like to persuade more companies to use its technology.

Next month, OpenAI wants to release some updates that should, among other things, make the use of the AI ​​models cheaper, writes Reuters. For example, ‘memory storage’ would be added to the developer tools for using its AI models. This could theoretically reduce costs for developers by up to twenty times, the news agency claims. The stateful API must remember the conversation history of API requests, which means that developers have to make a lot fewer new inquiries to achieve the same result. That could reduce costs ‘significantly’.

A frequently heard complaint from customers is that the costs for using the advanced AI models can quickly increase. The new features should convince more companies to create chatbots and other AI applications with OpenAI’s technology, sources told Reuters. With this, OpenAI would like to ensure that the company is not only popular among consumers, but also among developers. The latter is reportedly not yet entirely successful. For example, ChatGPT plug-ins are now rarely used by business customers.

In addition to updates to make it more profitable for developers, there should also be updates that make more functions available to this user group. The ‘vision API’ is mentioned as an example. This enables developers to develop applications that can be used to analyze and describe images. This feature was previously released for ChatGPT. The updates are expected to be announced at OpenAI’s developer conference on November 6 in San Francisco, according to Reuters.