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You know why OpenAI is considering “pay when it works” as a business model—even though that may force them to eat a lot of costs? Because cu…
You know why OpenAI is considering “pay when it works” as a business model—even though that may force them to eat a lot of costs? Because customers have finally figured out that it often doesn’t work—
You know why OpenAI is considering “pay when it works” as a business model—even though that may force them to eat a lot of costs? Because customers have finally figured out that it often doesn’t work—and don’t want to pay for slop. 🦔OpenAI is testing a new pricing model where enterprise customers only pay when the AI agent completes the task successfully. If it fails, OpenAI eats the compute cost. The company hasn't disclosed how it determines whether a task counts as a success or what the pricing looks li…
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Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-08-31