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IBM CEO: Rationing AI is a losing strategy; focus on cost optimization

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna argues that rationing AI usage by capping tokens or limiting access to advanced models is a detrimental strategy for businesses. Instead, he advocates for optimizing AI costs through engineering innovations like caching, which can significantly reduce repetitive processing and increase hardware efficiency. Krishna also suggests that leveraging open-weight models and controlling the cost structure by running them on owned infrastructure can be more economical than relying solely on proprietary models and third-party platforms, allowing companies to choose the most cost-effective solution for specific tasks. AI

IMPACT Suggests that optimizing AI inference costs through engineering and open-weight models is key to widespread enterprise adoption.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a company CEO about AI strategy and economics.

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IBM CEO: Rationing AI is a losing strategy; focus on cost optimization

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Arvind Krishna ·

    IBM CEO: rationing AI is a slow way to lose

    Running AI now costs more than training it.