In the past week, the AI industry has been bustling with activity, as both Google and Meta have launched new versions of their AI models, attracting significant attention. Firstly, Google announced new updates to its Gemini series on Tuesday, introducing two new production-ready models—Gemini-1.5-Pro-002 and Gemini-1.5-Flash-002. This update has greatly improved the overall quality of the models, particularly in mathematics, long context processing, and visual tasks.

The AI industry is facing intense competition, turning the sale of AI models into a zero-profit business. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have invested billions in training large models, leading to fragile overall operations. Price wars have nearly eliminated the marginal profits for AI model developers, making it difficult for businesses relying solely on model sales. High R&D and hardware costs, combined with pricing competition, have pushe....