I don't get these model providers forcing people to use their (bad) software. I just downgraded my anthropic account because I can't stand the bugfest that is Claude. I won't even touch google for AI. Doesn't matter if your model is good if I have to use your software.

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segfaultex 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

With open-weight models getting closer and closer to parity with frontier models for specific tasks (coding,etc) the frontier labs are trying to make moats via their software.

Personally, this is why I foresee Anthropic/OpenAI/Google taking a bath once their creditors come calling. I think the individuals most attached to a specific app are the ones least willing to pay the true cost of inference. (IE: your grandma using chatgpt to ask for recipe recommendations probably isn't going to pay $400/mo).

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dylanowen 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Kind of ironic for these companies to make their moat software while at the same time saying that SaaS and software development in general is obsolete

	▲	verdverm 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		"programming is solved" has also been said, I don't know how someone can say that with a straight face, let alone going on a podcast tour with it as the mantra

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esseph 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ad injection or prepping for ad injection.