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'JUDGMENT MODEL' DEBUTS — ChatGPT Vet Promises Up to 400X Cheaper AI

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'JUDGMENT MODEL' DEBUTS — ChatGPT Vet Promises Up to 400X Cheaper AI

Diego Almeida, one of ChatGPT's co-inventors, has launched 'Jeff,' a new class of AI model that he claims is up to 200 times faster and 400 times cheaper than traditional LLMs. Instead of chat, Jeff is optimized for 'calibrated decisions' and 'epistemically honest probabilities.'

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“Jeff: 20 to 200 times faster, 40 to 400 times cheaper, with output tokens free, frontier composes intelligence optimized for decisions.”
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