{
  "id": 9469585,
  "title": "Learning the Cost of Reliable Inference",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/learning-the-cost-of-reliable-inference",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-23T16:01:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28322v1"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Benchmarking and routing platforms increasingly act as intermediaries connecting large language model providers with end-users. However, providers on these platforms typically use a fixed price per token, preventing users from achieving the most competitive price for their tasks. % workloads. In this work, we design a procurement platform where token prices for each task are driven by provider…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}