[rmbyrro]

There's no change in price. They charge the same amount per token from everyone. You pay more if you use more tokens. If some tokens are hidden, used internally to generate the final 'public' tokens is just a matter of technical implementation and business choice. If you're not happy, don't use the service.

[kgeist]

Well imagine how it looks from the point of view of anti-discrimination and consumer protection laws: we charge this person an additional $100 because we have some imaginary units telling us they owe us $100... Just trust us. Not sure it will hold in court. If the both sides agree to a specific sum beforehand, no problem. But you can't just charge random amounts post factum without the person having any idea why they suddenly owe those amounts.

P.S. However, if the API includes CoT tokens in the total token count (in API responses), I guess it's OK.

[falcor84]

> But you can't just charge random amounts post factum without the person having any idea why they suddenly owe those amounts.

Is it actually different from paying a contractor to do some work for you on an hourly basis, and them then having to "think more" and thus spend more hours on problem A than probably B?

[DoesntMatter22]

I think they'd just decide to not sell in your country rather than deal with that.