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inference

[in-fer-uhns, -fruhns] / ˈɪn fər əns, -frəns /


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The new contract will enable Meta to ramp up inference workloads against the backdrop of “surging demand” for compute, according to a press release.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

In today’s information environment, that kind of inference happens constantly and in public.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

“We are… constructive on CPU demand as the industry moves to inference and agentic AI which need more CPUs,” Citi’s Atif Malik wrote in a research note.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Only a tiny sliver of ChatGPT’s users pay for the service, meaning that OpenAI doesn’t generate revenue for a large chunk of its inference costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

They showed me how to be precise in notation, acute in investigation, and rational in inference.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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