• Netwrix's Nov. 5, 2026 analysis predicts businesses will shift from maximizing AI token consumption to using the cheapest models that meet requirements.
• Lower-cost open-weight models are expected to absorb routine workloads, reserving expensive frontier models for high-stakes tasks.
• Compliance requirements are forecast to push regulated industries toward on-premises open models trained on proprietary data.
• The shift could lower AI costs while expanding monitoring requirements across more models, hosts and files.

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