The next step in AI cost saving: treating frontier models like expensive consultants

AI consultants say it's time to treat frontier models like pricey consultants. Bloomberg/Getty Images If you find yourself always maxing out your AI token budget, AI consultants have a tip. They said frontier models should be thought of as advisors or consultants. Letting them do the complex thinking and planning, and none of the execution, is the key to saving. Getting good returns on AI spending is the hottest enterprise topic of the day, and AI consultants have a neat cost-saving hack. Business Insider has reported extensively about how users should route their tasks to the right AI models to get the best bang for their buck. But AI consultants are going one step further in the AI efficiency discussion, saying that the most expensive frontier models should be treated like the expensive consultants and advisors they are.