AI Compute 2026: Distributed AI rethinking where intelligence lives @WithTheEconomist
AI Compute 2026: Distributed AI rethinking where intelligence lives  @WithTheEconomist
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago
As AI scales, pressure on computing power and energy is changing where intelligence operates. Agentic applications add to this, with high token demands that place further strain on infrastructure. Once contained in central clouds, inference now takes place across interconnected devices, including central servers and edge nodes. This session explores how agentic AI is shaping distributed inference, and how this shift may influence the next generation of connected products and real-time applications.
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AI Compute 2026: Distributed AI rethinking where intelligence lives

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