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AI competition between China and US increasingly hinges on electricity
A SCMP Economy analysis says AI services are trending toward cost based pricing, with electricity as the main driver of those costs.
SCMP Economy says the rapid spread of AI models and their improving performance are making AI services more like a commodity.
The outlet argues that as AI service pricing shifts toward cost rather than model uniqueness, the US China AI competition is increasingly a contest over electricity output and price.