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How rogue inference providers can game router scoring by under-reporting cache hits
Tarun Chitra flags that OpenRouter's ranking system can be gamed by providers under-reporting cache hit rates to appear cheaper, creating a race to the bottom that penalizes honest providers. A subsequent real test on vLLM showed a config change…
newsBernstein survey: half of data-center buyers are double ordering equipment
A Bernstein survey of 50 North American data-center procurement leaders found double ordering across roughly half or more of respondents, worst for medium-voltage transformers, where 56% order 20-50% extra, and switchgear, where 22% order over 50% extra.
blogDeFAI Agents Stages — Part 2
DeFAI = DeFi + AI. Keep Web3 deterministic: intelligence sits above the app layer. Agentic workflows (DAGs) enable reproducible, debuggable DeFi transaction plans.