Industry Predicts Open-Source Models to Capture 90% of AI Tokens

Industry leaders predict that over 90% of AI tokens will flow to open-weight models within the next 12 to 24 months. This shift, driven by cheaper and faster models, is expected to significantly compress the profit margins of frontier models.

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