CrofAI "cheapest inference provider in the world" gets exposed as an OpenRouter wrapper, routing requests to smaller, cheaper models at up to 20x markup. CrofAI responds to Wire Fraud allegations by denying everything, then backtracking, then 3 hours later wiping their entire online presence
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Disclaimer: no AI was used whatsoever to write this post Cautionary tale about chasing cheap tokens. exposé: https://kendell.dev/blog/crofaifalse/ reaction by nahcrof, announcing the shutdown of the service: https://x.com/nahcrof/status/2099552389434900643 - now deleted, archive picture: https://i.…
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CrofAI "cheapest inference provider in the world" gets exposed as an OpenRouter wrapper, routing requests to smaller, cheaper models at up to 20x markup. CrofAI responds to Wire Fraud allegations by denying everything, then backtracking, then 3 hours later wiping their entire online presence
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