> there are some providers offering inference at relatively stable prices

for now. Once they get enough customers, why will they not jack up prices is my point.

All businesses will act in that manner because it serves their interests. That is not going to change if you're OpenAI or ChineseAI or BelgiumAI.

Again, this is different from the export control issue because it's a fundamental business thing.

You will always want more money from customers not less and there is no noble business that exists just to make your tokens cheap while they give up potential profits unless they have something to gain from tokens being cheap.

They will gradually up their prices as well and squeeze as much as they can like most first-gen AI providers are gradually doing since they got a lot of people hooked already.