Applied AI: Choosing a Model

Information in this post reflects publicly available sources as of November 1, 2026. A team picks the model at the top of a popular leaderboard for its invoice extraction service. On their invoices, it does slightly worse than the mid-tier model it replaced, at three times the price. Six months later, after they have finally tuned their prompts for it, the provider announces its retirement with 60 days' notice. None of this is bad luck. It is … Read More