We Misunderstood LLMs And It's Costing Us
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Microsoft and GitHub recently introduced new usage limits and charges for premium AI models in Copilot. Under the new structure - standard subscriptions now have a strict monthly quota for queries using top-tier models like GPT-4o or Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Once you hit the limit, you either pay extra or fall back to standard base models.
They were completely honest about the reason: the massive operational cost of running advanced frontier models at scale.