CMA dithers as Microsoft's cloud meter runs on your dime
… Ultimately it signals uncertainty and a lack of commitment in the CMA's mission to promote competition and consumers. …
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Cheap Chinese models are overtaking Anthropic
… Against this backdrop, recent cost-saving moves designed to reduce token demand during peak hours fail to inspire optimism. But there's a more fundamental risk – remaining relevant in the face of increasingly capable competition from China. …
Microsoft to face CMA scrutiny over cloud software licensing
… MORE CONTEXT CMA dithers on cloud probe as Microsoft's meter runs on taxpayer dime Cloud inquiry chair quits UK competition watchdog over glacial pace of reform Ex-Amazon UK boss lined up to chair Britain's competition watchdog Brit watchdog pushes to rein in Microsoft and AWS with 'strategic marke… …
Mistral's new agent proofs your code on the cheap
… "Leanstral serves as a high-value alternative to the Claude suite, offering competitive performance at a fraction of the price: Leanstral pass@2 reaches a score of 26.3, beating Sonnet by 2.6 points, while costing only $36 to run, compared to Sonnet's $549," the AI biz claims. …
Meta cuts about 700 jobs as it shifts spending to AI
… It can also calculate how much it will cost to build new AI capabilities, including the employees and compute costs. …
Orbital datacenter startup admits launch economics don't fly
… "The constellation approach to run AI inference makes sense, but as of today, the economics of launch don't quite work yet," he said. Poon said the cost to launch one kilogram into space is currently around $7,000, assuming you can catch a ride on one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 missions. …
Microsoft shivs OpenAI with new AI models for speech, images
… The models include: MAI-Transcribe-1, a speech recognition model that delivers "enterprise-grade accuracy across 25 languages at approximately 50 percent lower GPU cost than leading alternatives"; MAI-Voice-1, a speech generation model that can supposedly produce 60 seconds of audio in less than a … …
Alibaba has made 470,000 AI chips, admits they’re inferior
… MORE CONTEXT Alibaba Cloud hikes prices by up to 34%, blames hardware costs and AI demand Alibaba Cloud can’t deploy servers fast enough to satisfy demand for AI Alibaba reveals 82 percent GPU resource savings – but this is no DeepSeek moment Alibaba Cloud reveals its uptime and efficiency secrets … …
EDB Postgres AI for WarehousePG enterprise data warehouse
Databases EDB Postgres AI for WarehousePG: Reclaiming control of the enterprise data warehouse Proprietary warehouses delivered scale — but at the cost of control, predictable pricing, and real flexibility. …
Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing
AI + ML Microsoft startup credits are the gift that keeps on billing unsuspecting users Perks fall short as third-party AI models rack up costs with minimal notification Complaints about Microsoft's startup credits and Azure AI Foundry keep mounting, with users reporting surprise credit card charge… …