Signal Training GPT-4 and Gemini Ultra cost a reported $78 million and $191 million
Summary
The report prices frontier training at $78 million for OpenAI's GPT-4 and $191 million for Google's Gemini Ultra, and uses the gap between those figures and DeepSeek's reported $5.5 million to argue that cost, not capability, is what excludes smaller organisations and underfunded regions.
Classification
Main topicMacroeconomy & Finance
Secondary topicsAI & Computing
Region menusGlobal
Occurrencescope:country · geo_region:north_america · country:US
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:53
Evidence 1
- The impact of Artificial Intelligence on our societies European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (Directorate D - People: Health and Society, Unit D3 - Health and Societal Transitions); edited by Ewa Luger and Marianthe Stavridou page=9;section=2.2 Identifying gaps in existing research 2026 accessed 2026-07-26
Part of trends 0
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Directly linked issues 1
- IssuePublic research cannot follow frontier AI, and industry contracts bind the academics who do1 trends · 2 signals
Relation types: direct_urgent
Public id: fm-08af111a9079