alt Hacker News> Goldman is definitely not doing this for cost reasons. They can afford the tokens.
Well, sure, but if the tokens aren't benefiting them enough to justify the cost it could make sense to do for cost reasons.
> Goldman is definitely not doing this for cost reasons. They can afford the tokens.
Well, sure, but if the tokens aren't benefiting them enough to justify the cost it could make sense to do for cost reasons.
Technically yes, but in practice:
a) They are pulling it entirely rather than imposing a cap or enforcing the use of cheaper models. This would be a strange choice if cost was the only concern.
b) Famously, traders at Goldman are well renumerated. Given the costs of these people even small productivity improvements carry a large value.
c) It would be very difficult to determine in any kind of conclusive way that the benefits were smaller than the costs.
For all these reasons I find it totally implausible that this decision was driven by API costs.