When money freezes progress: AI and the high cost of technological lock-in

History suggests that technological transitions do not happen because institutions become wiser on their own. They happen ...

Code Puppy: Walmart's secret weapon against AI lock-in

Walmart's viral Code Puppy AI tool helps avoid vendor lock-in, cut costs, and reduce dependence on Claude Code and Codex.

Too good to be true? Avoid free AI token offers — or risk vendor lock-in

Tech industry experts are urging IT decision-makers to be wary of AI vendor gimmicks such as free tokens, and to adopt a multi-vendor and multi-model strategy to avoid vendor lock-in.
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Building for a new era: Databricks takes on pain points of complexity, lock-in and cost for enterprise AI

Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and chief executive of Databricks Inc., believes that data and artificial intelligence estates are fragmented, costly and much too complex. Today, he explained how his company’s ...
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AI is raising the stakes on UC vendor lock-in

IT leaders have long been familiar with the pain that can come from SaaS lock-in. Becoming too dependent on a single provider can make it expensive and operationally frustrating to make a change, ...