Keino
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Guide

Four ways to run AI on your own hardware, and what each costs

Most businesses don't need this. If you're not handling regulated or client-confidential data, a Business-tier account with a mainstream vendor is cheaper and less work than anything else here. For the businesses that do need it, there are four realistic options: your own computer, a rented cloud GPU, a workstation on site, or a hosted inference API. Here's what each one actually costs and where each one breaks down.

Ali26 July 20267 min read

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Demystify

Open-weight AI models: what they are and what they cost to run

Open-weight AI models are files you can download and run on hardware you own, which means no vendor sees your data at all. A year ago they weren't good enough to bother with. On independent benchmarks they're now close to the leading proprietary models on everyday work, though still behind on more complex tasks. The catch is the hardware bill: the frontier-class ones need a data-centre deployment, not a server in the back office.

Ali26 July 20265 min read

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Guide

Is Your Business Data Safe on ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini?

Paying for ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro or Gemini Advanced does not give you a business account. All three are personal accounts, and on two of them your conversations feed model training unless someone changes a setting. Australian employers estimate 44% of their staff use personal AI accounts at work. Here's what each tool does with your data, and the two-minute check to see which side of the line your business is on.

Ali26 July 20263 min read