Frontier AI APIs Would Cost $5,000+ to Annotate a Single Football Match, Analysis Finds
bittingthembits · x · 2026-09-10
- Score (Bittensor SN44) models dense football-match annotation via frontier APIs: $5,470 with GPT-6 Astra, $5,725 with Fable 5.1, even at batch pricing.
- The team argues "sports CV is solved" claims need full-match accuracy vs ground truth, and costs still don't guarantee usable output.
- Thesis: specialized subnets don't need to beat frontier AI, just do specific jobs cheaper — Score builds dedicated vision and brings real clients into the miner loop.
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