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'OCR is just a feature now. Frontier models will eat it.' We hear this constantly. The data says otherwise. Across three GPT generations, pa…
'OCR is just a feature now. Frontier models will eat it.' We hear this constantly. The data says otherwise. Across three GPT generations, parsing accuracy gained ~24 points, while cost per page 4x'd.
"OCR is just a feature now. Frontier models will eat it." We hear this constantly. The data says otherwise. Across three GPT generations, parsing accuracy gained ~24 points, while cost per page 4x'd. And the newest frontier models still trail specialized parsers. Read more below on why the gap persists (and compounds) 👇️ https://www.llamaindex.ai/blog/document-ocr-is-not-getting-commoditized
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Source: Jerry Liu (X) | 2026-08-05