AI's new North Star: Intelligence per dollar

Star trails centered around the North Star. Science Photo Library/Reuters Connect A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here. The AI industry has spent the past few years obsessing over one question: Who has the smartest model? That still matters. But a new north star is emerging: how much useful intelligence can be delivered for each dollar spent. A lot of models are now good enough for many business tasks...