alt Hacker NewsPure models clearly aren’t the monetizing strategy, use of them on existing monetized surfaces are the core value.
Google would love a cheap hq model on its surfaces. That just helps Google.
Pure models clearly aren’t the monetizing strategy, use of them on existing monetized surfaces are the core value.
Google would love a cheap hq model on its surfaces. That just helps Google.
Hmmm but external models can easily operate on any "surface". For instance Claude Code simply reads and edits files and runs in a terminal. Photo editing apps just need a photo supplied to them. I don't think there's much juice to squeeze out of deeply integrated AI as AI by its nature exists above the application layer, in the same way that we exist above the application layer as users.