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With exactly the same GPUs and the same data, the cost of training GPT-2 has dropped from the initial level of several hundred dollars to about one hundred dollars, thanks to technical improvements at the algorithm, data, and kernel levels.

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50%
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Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
10/25/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 1/23/2027

Sources

Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI): Can AI Close the Loop on Optimizing Itself?
youtubea16z10/12/2026

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