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Firm that lets you rent out your idle Mac for AI inference workloads

Firm that lets you rent out your idle Mac for AI inference workloads warns of plummeting token costs

Firm that lets you rent out your idle Mac for AI inference workloads

TL;DRMac rental income for AI work is collapsing as token prices plummet.

Why it matters: GPU rental markets face margin compression; users renting spare hardware may no longer cover electricity costs.

Mac users sharing their compute for AI inference are seeing declining revenues as token prices continue to drop, with Anthropic token falling 77% in under five months.

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