Burkov questions opaque thinking-token billing in closed LLMs

Andriy Burkov argues that closed-weight LLM providers never return internal thinking tokens to callers, yet users still pay for them, meaning advertised pricing may be inflated and unverifiable.

2026-09-19 ~ 2026-09-19 · 2 related posts

• You pay for invisible thinking tokens: why closed LLM pricing can't be verified — burkov · 2026-09-19
• Burkov: closed LLM providers bill you for hidden thinking tokens you can never verify — burkov · 2026-09-19