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1. simonw · 1790862939 · focus · HN ↗

   > Under a tax credit created in the 1980s to spur innovation, companies can get a rebate for supplies, but only if they are being tested in an experimental effort, not standard business operations. Meta is claiming that the costly A.I. computer chips it buys from companies, including Nvidia, are entitled to a taxpayer-provided discount as part of the experiment. [...]

   > The company started claiming the credit for the data centers two years ago. Since then, Meta’s savings from the credit have soared, trimming almost $4 billion off its tax bill last year, filings show.

   Yeah... as a US citizen and taxpayer I think I'd like that $4 billion back.

   1. yieldcrv · 1790869009 · focus · HN ↗

      To satisfy the experiments vs operations criteria, all they have to do is deploy a software update to the inference library for slightly higher tokens per second, and compare, you know, in an experiment

      This is something we all do

      pitchforks down, its the reporter and the non technical accountants that are wrong and both groups should be replaced

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