Increasing Number of Large Companies Looking Toward Open AI Models to Save Money

A new survey from the consulting company Capgemini indicates that an increasing number of large companies plan to utilize cheaper AI models with open weights to keep their costs down. The background is that companies' AI investments have become more expensive than expected. Capgemini's survey includes 500 executives from firms with an annual revenue of over one billion dollars across ten countries. Of these, 59 percent expect to increase their use of open AI models in the coming year, according to reports.

Open weight AI models can be downloaded and run on companies' own infrastructure, while closed models are typically used via the cloud. Capgemini states that using open models is on average 87 percent cheaper than closed alternatives. However, business leaders expect to continue using closed models for more advanced tasks.