The Race We’re Actually Running, Part 2: Good Enough at a Fraction of the Price

<p>What the AI race is a contest over, and why the cheapest capable model may win In part 1 of this series, I looked at where the US and China stand after two decades of investment. This installment asks the question the public debate tends to skip: when people say &#8220;winning the AI race,&#8221; what [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.hpcwire.com/2026/10/30/the-race-were-actually-running-part-2-good-enough-at-a-fraction-of-the-price/">The Race We’re Actually Running, Part 2: Good Enough at a Fraction of the Price</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.hpcwire.com">HPCwire</a>.</p>