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Deploying open-source models (such as the Llama and Mistral series) via platforms like Hugging Face can reduce inference costs to less than one-tenth of commercial API costs, but requires bearing technical maintenance costs and potential quality degradation.
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50%
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Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
8/14/2026
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Valid until: 11/12/2026
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