OpenAI says the changes to its model training will increase compute overhead by 20% of observed inference workload; the increase will not be handed to customers (Thomas Claburn/The Register)
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https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/19/openais-overhead-will-rise-20-percent-for-some-workloads-as-it-hardens-security/5289303">OpenAI says the changes to its model training will increase compute overhead by 20% of observed inference workload; the increase will not be handed to customers — Expanded multistage chain of thought monitoring makes frontier model work more expensive — OpenAI on Tuesday said its decision …
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