You Can't Compete on Cheap Models Anymore — AI the News That's Fit to Prompt #66
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| MONDAY, JULY 6, 2026 · VOL. 1, NO. 66 · 5 STORIES |
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You Can't Compete on Cheap Models Anymore
As AI execution gets cheap, everyone's output starts to look the same. Nate B. Jones argues value moves to imagination and judgment: a $40 frontier-model run solved a problem cheap models couldn't touch, and the real ceiling on AI is the length of your list of things worth asking for. |
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