New Delhi, April 27 -- In the past few years, the question most people asked about artificial intelligence (AI) has seemed deceptively simple: which model is best. By 2026, it had dissolved into something more nuanced. The operative question now is combinatorial: which mix is right for you. This transition signals a market that has matured, but also one that has become cognitively heavier. What was once a choice is now a workflow.

It is tempting to argue that no single model dominates all dimensions. This is directionally true, but slightly misleading. A compact set of frontier systems performs strongly across most tasks that matter to ordinary users. The differences between them, while real, are often marginal in day-to-day use.

Yet th...