Agents3h ago
Intelligence Costs Plummet as Agentic Era Begins
Inference prices for GPT-4 class capabilities dropped from $30 per million tokens in early 2023 to under $1 today. This median 50x decline makes high-level knowledge work virtually free. Researchers at BAIR argue this shift necessitates new data systems designed specifically for AI agents. Practitioners must now prioritize system architecture over raw model intelligence.