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Cheap Chinese and open-source LLMs could reset trillion-dollar AI infrastructure
Original: Cheap Chinese and # opensource # LLMs could trigger trillion-dollar AI infrastructure 'reset' - https://www. theregister
Analysts at Jefferies suggest that cheap Chinese and open-source large language models could trigger a trillion-dollar reset of AI infrastructure spending. The argument is that if capable models become far cheaper to run, the massive datacentre and chip investments planned by big tech firms may be harder to justify. The idea is drawing debate among tech commentators about whether the AI buildout boom can sustain itself.
Why now: Renewed debate over whether low-cost models undermine the enormous capital spending on AI datacentres
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