AI Is Getting Cheaper. That Could Make the AI Boom Much Bigger.

The Price of AI Intelligence Is Falling — And That Could Reshape the AI Economy

AI World Journal Analysis | September 2026

By Sydney Armani

For years, the artificial intelligence story has been dominated by one word: expensive.

Expensive GPUs. Expensive data centers. Expensive training runs. Expensive energy. Expensive engineering talent.

But underneath the hundreds of billions of dollars being committed to AI infrastructure, something…