Daniel Ziffer

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2,266 appearances 25 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 9 Sep

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ABC Business Daily · Will Chinese AI save businesses money? · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

People can kind of tweak the rules. matched

People can play around with them. matched

And I guess probably the biggest point from an economic point of view is they are vastly cheaper. matched

So let's move to how this is affecting Australian businesses. matched

What decisions are shaping their choices as they rely on or integrate AI into their business? matched

So I guess that's the thing when you have often companies coming in to other large businesses and saying, hey, here's how to do AI. matched

They're providing that mix. matched

They're saying we'll use this model for our more complex stuff, our agentic stuff where AI acts as an agent and perhaps is involved in customer queries or something like that. matched

But for our more grunty everyday stuff, we can use this cheaper model. matched

So that mix is changing constantly. matched

as Australian businesses weigh up how to spend their money. matched

You've been speaking to businesses. matched

What kind of businesses are having these conversations and what are they saying? matched

Now, we've had big spending on infrastructure. matched

The build out of AI and data centers is one of the biggest things supporting our economy at the moment. matched

What happens if Chinese models can just provide this cheaper? matched

Well, we have immense valuations for existing AI companies. matched

And is this the beginning of the end of the AI boom? matched

We have so much of our economy, so much of our economic growth in the past couple of years has been centred matched

on the Magnificent Seven, on the NASDAQ, on these companies that provide the potential for huge windfalls down the track. matched

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