Advances in AI Capabilities to Outpace Cost Savings

AI agents aren’t cheap, even with falling model costs: Gartner

While token economics are improving, this alone won't prevent overall AI costs from rising as organisations move from chatbots to agentic systems.

Advances in AI capabilities to outpace cost savings

Enterprise dependence on AI will keep overall costs increasing exponentially even as per-token prices fall, according to Gartner.

Agentic AI is spurring a ‘fundamental shift’ in cloud infrastructure consumption

New figures from Gartner point to a surge in AI-optimized infrastructure spending over the next year. A senior analyst at the firm told ITPro it underlines how it is driving a “fundamental shift” in cloud consumption and design. Recent analysis from the firm found spending on this front is projected to grow 96% across 2026, reaching a total of $42 billion as enterprises look to overhaul infrastructure with the specific aim of dealing with cumber…