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LLM training drives up hardware costs, impacting open-source projects

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The increasing demand for hardware to train Large Language Models (LLMs) is driving up prices and causing shortages for essential components like SSDs and memory. This trend is impacting open-source projects and commons, making it significantly more expensive to acquire necessary hardware. For instance, a drive that previously cost €700 now costs €3,700 and is frequently out of stock, posing a challenge for organizations like Codeberg. AI

IMPACT Increased demand for AI training hardware is escalating costs and creating shortages, potentially hindering the development and accessibility of open-source projects.

RANK_REASON The item discusses the impact of LLM training on hardware costs, framed as a problem for open-source commons, which constitutes commentary on the broader AI industry.

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LLM training drives up hardware costs, impacting open-source projects

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Here's a good example of how the Trained # MOLE craze causes problems for us all, whether we want to use them or not; "The training and deployment of LLMs has d

    Here's a good example of how the Trained # MOLE craze causes problems for us all, whether we want to use them or not; "The training and deployment of LLMs has drastically raised the cost of buying hardware, in particular for SSDs and memory. To give you an example: The type of dr…

    LINKS social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-co…

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