Will hosted models remain useful with increasing watermarks and limits?
vboykis · x · 2026-08-17
With the rise of watermarks, safety filters, undocumented system prompt changes, routing to less capable models, and usage limits, it remains to be seen how long hosted models can continue to generate results useful for everyday work.
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