Labs delay new models due to high inference costs and lack of customer demand for super-intelligence
yacineMTB · x · 2026-08-24
This post quotes and agrees with an analysis on why AI labs are delaying model releases. It argues that 'security reviews' are a cover for deeper issues:
- Cost Pressure: New models are so computationally heavy that inference margins will shrink.
- Market Mismatch: Most customers don't need a 150 IQ bot for spreadsheets, and the personalities of 'high IQ' models are annoying.
- Strategic Secrecy: Releasing a model (like Mythos 2) with marginal gains would reveal to competitors and investors that model capabilities are plateauing.
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