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The availability of cheap Chinese and open-source LLMs will make large language models unprofitable due to a collapse in token pricing.

AIEconomicsInfrastructureOct 13, 2026score 0.642 posts · 2 replies across 2 instances
The thread discusses the potential for a trillion-dollar infrastructure reset in the AI industry. It highlights how cheap Chinese and open-source large language models (LLMs) are causing a collapse in token pricing, threatening the profitability of current AI models.

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The availability of cheap Chinese and open-source LLMs will make large language models unprofitable due to a collapse in token pricing.
Parent: AIEntity: LLM profitabilitySub-entity: token pricingImpact: negativeDate: Oct 13, 2026 - Oct 14, 2026Target: LLM profitability

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Cheap Chinese and #opensource #LLMs could trigger trillion-dollar AI infrastructure 'reset' - https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/10/13/cheap-chinese-and-open-source-llms-could-trigger-trillion-dollar-ai-infrastructure-reset/5302774 " Jefferies wonders if LLMs will ever be profitable during the 'ongoing collapse in token pricing' " #ai
10 boosts · 0 favs · 2 replies · Oct 13, 2026
#opensource#llms#ai
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🎰 Cheap Chinese and open source LLMs could trigger trillion-dollar AI infrastructure 'reset' “It can no longer be assumed, most particularly with the arrival of the likes of Kimi K3, that large language models will ever be profitable given the related ongoing collapse in token pricing” https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/10/13/cheap-chinese-and-open-source-llms-could-trigger-trillion-dollar-ai-infrastructure-reset/5302774 #ai #datacenters #openweight #china
5 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Oct 14, 2026
#ai#datacenters#openweight#china