Open-Source Models Can Still Burn a Hole in Your Wallet
scaling01 · x · 2026-07-17
A comment jokingly points out that open-source models are "burning through wallets" because costs can quickly escalate when more post-training is applied.
This is a somewhat satirical take on the post-training and inference costs of models like Kimi K3. The core message is that even if model capabilities improve, the real-world costs of using them might not be particularly friendly.
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