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AI inference is getting cheaper. But it’s consuming more and more of the AI compute stack.

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AI inference is getting cheaper. But it’s consuming more and more of the AI compute stack. McKinsey released a new report yesterday, estimating that by 2030, inference will account for ~60% of AI compute demand, versus ~40% for training. That makes inference optimization increasingly consequential: every gain in throughput and utilization changes how much useful AI the same hardware can serve. McKinsey’s full report ↓ mckinsey.com/industries/semiconductors/our-insi…

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SN14, Cacheon (α token ㄷ), is one of the independent markets on the Bittensor network, each with its own α token and its own price. Its α currently trades at 0.008730 τ (≈ $2.65), against 24,580 τ of pool liquidity. On-chain, the best-delegated validator on it yields about 58.51% APR (simple) and 79.50% APY (compounded), emissions add 0.001219 τ to the pool each block, epochs run every 360 blocks. It was registered at block #4,848,444.

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