A groundbreaking paper demonstrates how a $6 AI model, running on a laptop, achieves near state-of-the-art performance using only 1,000 training examples and innovative inference-time scaling techniques. The research reveals simple yet effective methods for controlling AI model thinking time and highlights the accelerating pace of AI development through cost-effective experimentation.

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