AI token prices fall 26.8% in a month; 4.5 trillion in guaranteed loans for regional small and medium-sized businesses(wowtale.net)
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Plain summary
- Data shows that the price of tokens, the units AI uses to process text, has fallen, so bills are rising less even with heavy use. According to the AI Index from spending management platform Ramp, usage rose 37% and spending rose 9% over a month.
- The original article interpreted the 26.8% drop in token prices as a sign that AI models are becoming commodities amid price competition among model providers such as Anthropic and OpenAI.
- The Financial Services Commission said it will provide up to 4.5 trillion won in guaranteed loans to regional small and medium-sized businesses and mid-sized companies over 3 years. Banks will contribute 300 billion won, and the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund and Korea Technology Finance Corporation will provide guarantees worth about 15 times that amount.
- The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said 7 foreign-invested companies reported $2 billion in new investments, and 97% were outside the Seoul metropolitan area. The cornerstone investor system takes effect on November 13.
Editorial opinion
O: If you manage costs for a service with AI features, it may be worth lining up last month's token usage against your spending growth rate at your next invoice review, to check whether the drop in unit prices actually shows up.
X: Ramp's AI Index is based on figures from one spend management platform, so it is hard to assume that the unit prices for our service, which uses different models and has different contract terms, fell by the same margin.
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