IBM CEO: Open-weight models near the frontier at a fraction of the token cost
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Speaking on IBM's Q3 earnings call, reported October 26, CEO Arvind Krishna said open-weight models now reach 90% of frontier-model performance at 10%–25% of the token cost. He argued most enterprise tasks, such as email summaries, contract review, answering customer calls and drafting emails, can be done with the cheaper models. He also said enterprise interest in on-premises AI infrastructure is growing, tying the cost and performance case for open-weight models to deployment demand.
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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna 在 Q3 财报电话会上表示，开放权重模型目前效果达到前沿模型的 90%，token 成本为其 10%–25%。他认为邮件摘要、合同审查、客户来电应答和邮件撰写等多数企业任务可使用更便宜的模型，企业对本地 AI 基础设施的兴趣正在增长。
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