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LLM inference costs continue to fall, and small quantized models with hundreds of millions of parameters can complete a classification in milliseconds on an ordinary CPU, or be called in batches via a remote API at a very low unit price.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
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10/31/2026
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Valid until: 1/29/2027
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