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Advanced Concepts

Inference-time scaling

Improving performance by giving a model more computation, samples, or search during inference.

Example

A service improves difficult-answer quality by allocating more computation during inference.

Why people use it

Teams use “Inference-time scaling” when they need to discuss emerging capabilities without confusing speculation with evidence.

What you'll hear

“How important is Inference-time scaling to the way this system behaves?”

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