Consumer AI Becomes a Compute-Burning Race as Model Costs Soar

Consumer AI is stuck with high model serving costs (COGS) while most users remain unwilling to pay, turning the race for mainstream adoption into a contest of who can give away the most compute.

2026-09-25 ~ 2026-09-25 · 2 related posts

• Consumer AI has become a game of who can afford to give away the most compute — omooretweets · 2026-09-25
• Consumer AI is a race to give away compute: high COGS meets users who won't pay — dragon_khoi · 2026-09-25