AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 9h ago6/10
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Test-Time Compute Games
Researchers identify a market inefficiency in LLM-as-a-service pricing where providers are financially incentivized to increase test-time compute usage beyond what meaningfully improves output quality, inflating costs for users. They propose a reverse second-price auction mechanism where providers compete on both price and quality, with users paying only for marginal value created relative to alternatives.
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