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Amazon engineers are reportedly distilling Anthropic models to cut costs before new token-based pricing kicks in

Amazon engineers are distilling Anthropic's AI models into smaller, cheaper versions for internal use ahead of a switch to token-based pricing next year, which could increase costs. The company is also exploring alternatives like OpenAI to manage expenses.

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Amazon engineers are already distilling Anthropic models into smaller, cheaper versions for internal use. Starting next year, Amazon will pay by tokens processed rather than compute hours, which could push costs up sharply. The company is also exploring alternatives like OpenAI.

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