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Enterprise AI shifts focus from performance to cost

Cutting-edge AI models can solve complex problems but may be inefficient for routine corporate work, a Databricks executive said. He cited invoice error detection, where top models may correct numbers rather than flagging issues for follow-up. He said advanced models can be strong at coding yet lag in data engineering. Companies are increasingly using smaller open-source models fine-tuned with reinforcement learning to lower costs. Interest in Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen is high, but regulation and compliance limit use.