Artificial intelligence
fromtheregister
4 days agoGPT-5.5 may burn fewer tokens, but it always burns more cash
Frontier AI model usage costs are rising as newer GPT versions increase per-token pricing despite some token-efficiency gains.
In mid-2023, querying GPT-5 for a recipe could consume several to 20 times more energy than previous models, indicating increased resource demands for advanced AI responses.