Daniel Cazzulino on Mythryl: “Bitcent: The 10⁻¹⁰ Dollar Unit for AI Pricing xAI APIs use a…”

Bitcent: The 10⁻¹⁰ Dollar Unit for AI Pricing xAI APIs use a "curious" unit for pricing. Let's look at why this unit ($10^{-10}$) makes sense for the AI era and why we should call it the "bitcent".

cazzulino.comBitcent: The 10⁻¹⁰ Dollar Unit for AI PricingI’ve been playing with the xAI API recently, and noticed something interesting about their pricing model. The API returns usage costs as integers, but the numbers didn’t immediately make sense. For…

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