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Developers are going to be a small part of total token usage over time, as the internal stats on usage at OpenAI and Anthropic both show. An…
Developers are going to be a small part of total token usage over time, as the internal stats on usage at OpenAI and Anthropic both show. And for long-running high value tasks in areas where verificat
Developers are going to be a small part of total token usage over time, as the internal stats on usage at OpenAI and Anthropic both show. And for long-running high value tasks in areas where verification is harder, the benefits for higher "intelligence" models are quite large. OpenAI, Anthropic and other leading AI labs face a growing challenge: Better models aren't necessarily attracting more usage. A 10-point intelligence advantage now earns just 20% more developer traffic, down from nearly 69% in late 2025. Full story: https://thein.fo/4hGJ9jY
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- This is also consistent with what OpenAI said at the time! https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2046064264189026587?s=20
Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-10-18