AI & Enterprise

Cheap AI does not always save money; total cost can be higher, study finds

A study found low-priced AI models are not always cost-efficient. After running more than 6,800 tasks across eight advanced AI models, researchers found total costs for cheaper models were higher in 32 percent of cases. They said token prices and per-call fees can be misleading because models may require very different amounts of reasoning and action steps. Repeated runs of the same model also showed wide cost swings.

AI & Enterprise

Developer to security engineer: Google employee shares career switch tips

A Google security engineer who switched from software development to cybersecurity has outlined his career transition. Prerit Pathak began as a software engineer at Dell Technologies in India, then studied information security at Carnegie Mellon University and completed a Google security engineering internship. He joined Google in New York as a full-time employee in 2023. He said his internship experience, two patent applications and vulnerability research helped his switch.