
nytimes.com
September 4, 2026
1 min read
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Summary
Corporate America Is Getting Hooked on Open-Source A.I. Companies like AT&T are increasingly using cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over expensive ones from Anthropic and OpenAI. AT&T turned to artificial intelligence models from Anthropic and OpenAI in recent years to help with customer service, call transcription and coding. The A.I. models charged fees and were “closed,” w...