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IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-prem

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Summary

IBM's CEO said open weight models now deliver 90 percent of the performance at ten percent of the price when run on-premises in just two or three racks.

Key facts

  • The remarks came from IBM's CEO.
  • The CEO said open weight models are good and cheap on-prem.
  • The models run in just two or three racks.

Why it matters

Buyers weighing on-premises AI hardware can get most of the performance at a fraction of the price, which makes local deployment harder to beat on cost.

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  1. The RegisterPublication · Primary
    IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-prem · By Simon Sharwood
    Read at The Register
IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-prem — Crest of Tech