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Commercial AI

Society & Law

Proprietary models, services, and platforms.


Commercial AI refers to proprietary offerings with support, SLAs, and integrations.

  • Pros: Availability, scale, security, ecosystems/plugins, liability frameworks.
  • Cons: Cost, vendor lock-in, lower transparency.
  • Decision criteria: Data protection, data residency, price/performance, resilience, export/portability paths.