Vercel data reveals AI models now have a half-life of just six weeks
THE SO WHAT
A six-week model half-life means your AI stack is now a rolling upgrade machine — loyalty is to quality and latency, not vendors. Teams should architect for swapability: abstraction layers, eval harnesses, and contract terms that assume you’ll change core models every quarter.
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