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KPMG published a report last year singing the praises of artificial intelligence — but an investigation by Engadget found the paper was riddled with AI hallucinations. The irony writes itself. A consulting giant making the case for AI apparently trusted the technology enough to let it invent its own citations.
That credibility problem lands at an awkward moment, because companies are already getting squeamish about AI costs. A new report finds that as token prices for frontier models climb, businesses are quietly pivoting toward Chinese large language models and open-source alternatives to stay within budget. Analysts note that subscription utilization rates above roughly five point seven percent could push providers like OpenAI and Anthropic into the red — meaning the economics of this industry are still very much unsettled.
And speaking of unsettled pricing, Nvidia has raised the cost of its RTX Pro six thousand Blackwell graphics card to thirteen thousand two hundred fifty dollars — a fifty-five percent jump over its original manufacturer price in under a year. Partner cards start just below eleven thousand four hundred. For professionals who need that hardware, there are few alternatives. For everyone else, it's a reminder of how much pricing power Nvidia currently holds.
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