OpenAI has reportedly halved its AI inference costs through significant optimizations, a crucial development amid rising AI development expenses. While details remain scarce, the company's new custom AI chip, Jalapeño, aims to boost efficiency and affordability. This move is vital for businesses grappling with escalating AI budgets, with Indian firms also exploring cost-saving strategies like smaller models and specialized inference services.

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OpenAI has found a way to cut inference costs by half, easing the financial burden of running large language models as compute spending threatens billions