LLAMA2 is out and it’s pretty fancy, and there’s a news report that they’re making a way bigger one. But if it’s just open source stuff, how do they justify the massive costs to make it? It seems like everyone can just use it for free.
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It could be that they don’t make money on it. Really big corporations have the freedom to perform R&D without making a profit. Lexus sold their LFA at a loss, just to show their prowess. This could be them simply trying to improve their AI technology. That probably requires letting as many users interact with it as possible. They may not make money directly, but it’s still profitable in the long run.
They likely are making money though, either through ad revenue, or by collecting and selling user data. I assume you still need an account to use it.
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