Rohan Paul· @rohanpaul_ai · X·· 2 小时前AI 评分61
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Epoch AI 报告显示，OpenAI 研究员的编码智能体推理支出按 API 定价约每月翻倍。到 2026 年 8 月中，中位数研究员每天使用 $601、年化约 $2M，大致相当于甚至超过雇用一名研究员的成本；报告认为这一增速难以持续，再翻一年将达约 $185M，且 API 定价数字并不反映 OpenAI 实际支出。
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OpenAI's median researcher used $601 of coding-agent inference a day at API prices, up from under $1, in January 2026.
Eoch AI's new report.
OpenAI researchers' coding-agent usage, valued at API list prices, is doubling roughly every month
By mid-August 2026, the median researcher used $601 a day and about $2M a year, roughly matching or exceeding what employing a researcher costs.
This pace probably can't last, since one more year would reach about $185M per median researcher, and list-price figures reveal nothing about what OpenAI actually spends.
OpenAI recently published data on its researchers’ coding-agent usage. We took their weekly figures from January to mid-August 2026 and fitted trends to summarize how quickly spending grew. We found that spending has been doubling about once a month.在 X 查看被引用的帖子
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