AI Rate Limit

Noun · AI & Machine Learning

Definitions

  1. A limit on how frequently AI requests can be made, often enforced per second, minute, account, or model. AI rate limits protect providers and shared systems, but they also force product teams to think carefully about retries, batching, and fallback behavior.

    In plain English: A cap on how many AI requests can be made in a given time.

    Example: "Bulk backfills had to be throttled because the AI rate limit was tuned for interactive traffic, not overnight reprocessing."

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