## AI got too expensive, so companies are moving to cheaper models October 6th 2026 Curated by Alexis Dufresne This Applied AI edition looks at what organizations actually did with AI over the past three weeks. Three patterns stand out: companies switching models to control cost, large deployments that are now in daily use, and a growing list of places where AI was restricted or removed. ## Sponsor ### Zero data retention should mean zero. In most AI plans, it means 30 days. Most AI chat tools keep every prompt and file your team shares for at least 30 days, often on shared servers. Faradex…