Are there any cheaper alternatives to the OpenAI API that still give good results for basic text generation tasks
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Are there any cheaper alternatives to the OpenAI API that still give good results for basic text generation tasks
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Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
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