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Context Is The Competitive Advantage AI Models Can’t Buy

Sundar Balasubramanian, a Forbes Councils member, argues that context—not model size or compute—is the competitive advantage AI models cannot buy, as every system connection, decision, and interaction enriches the underlying context, making it harder for competitors to replicate.

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Context Is The Competitive Advantage AI Models Can’t Buy
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By Sundar Balasubramanian, Forbes Councils MemberSource:

Forbes InnovationEvery system connection, decision and interaction makes the underlying context richer and harder to replicate.

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