ChatGPT Costs Millions of Dollars, According to ChatGPT

Ken Wang
2 min readFeb 24, 2023

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I was going to write an article about the development cost of ChatGPT but realized I could ask ChatGPT for it:

“As an AI language model, ChatGPT was developed through a complex process involving a large team of researchers and engineers, extensive computing resources, and substantial investments in time and funding.

The development of ChatGPT began with the collection and preprocessing of a vast amount of text data from the internet. This data was then used to train deep neural networks through a process called unsupervised learning. The training process required massive amounts of computing power, including graphics processing units (GPUs) and tensor processing units (TPUs).

The development of ChatGPT was primarily undertaken by OpenAI, a research organization dedicated to advancing AI technologies. OpenAI is backed by some of the world’s most influential technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Peter Thiel, who have collectively invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the organization.

The exact development cost of ChatGPT is not publicly disclosed, as it is part of OpenAI’s proprietary information. However, it is likely that the development cost of ChatGPT is in the millions of dollars, given the significant investment required to train and refine such a sophisticated AI language model.”

I guess my job is done.

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Ken Wang

I am building robotics, deep learning and SLAM solutions with support for large scale simulation, training, and testing.