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Are there any hidden costs in the newest OpenAI API pricing tiers for fine-tuning custom models compared to using prompt engineering with GPT-4o?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Are there any hidden costs in the newest OpenAI API pricing tiers for fine-tuning custom models compared to using prompt engineering with GPT-4o?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
OpenAI API fine-tuning pricing 2026 training inference GPT-4o pricing official documentation hidden costsGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
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OpenAI API fine-tuning pricing 2026 training inference GPT-4o pricing official documentation hidden costs Google ↗
- Supervised fine-tuning · developers.openai.com
- Model optimization · developers.openai.com
- Pricing · developers.openai.com
- GPT-4o Model · developers.openai.com
- Billing guide for the Reinforcement Fine Tuning API · help-lb.openai.com
- Reinforcement fine-tuning · developers.openai.com
- Prompt Caching in the API · openai.com