SMRTR AIOct 15, 2025Forbes

Make Your Own ChatGPT Clone For Just $100 Via Newly Released Nanochat But There’s A Catch

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AI expert Andrej Karpathy released "nanochat," a tool that lets users build their own ChatGPT-like AI for around $100 in cloud processing costs. The system provides a complete step-by-step process covering everything from data preparation to fine-tuning, requiring about 4 hours of server time to create a basic language model. However, users need significant technical skills to succeed, and the $100 version produces only a rudimentary AI with kindergarten-level capabilities.

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