inference

More inference-heavy workloads would have the added benefit of improving profitability for the AI labs, as they can charge customers for inference, whereas model training is a pure cost.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Also, the next phase of AI compute demand, which may be largely driven by inference and agentic workloads, could continue to support hardware and infrastructure providers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Large chip companies including market leader Nvidia and its top competitors, such as Advanced Micro Devices and Google, have invested heavily in improving their inference capabilities in the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The firm calls this the inference paradox: Cheaper AI tokens invite more elaborate work, rather than smaller bills.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Your inference is that he left a line behind, then replaced it with that new one—exhibit B, right there in your hand—replaced it when he got back to the docks.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

It can’t infer genocide willy-nilly if there are other reasonable inferences that can be drawn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Moreover, one need not rely on inferences from data.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

"People are making behavioral inferences from fossils, and some say a monkey can't vertically climb as well as an ape can," said first study author Luke Fannin, assistant professor of anthropology at Ohio State.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

In June, passenger demand fell 1.7% globally, or 0.6% excluding the Middle East, according to the International Air Transport Association, although Nastro said it’s difficult to draw inferences about U.S. trends from global data.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Every waking minute that we are in the presence of someone, we come up with a constant stream of predictions and inferences about what that person is thinking and feeling.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell