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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/38083497

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/26/ai-cost-human-workers Uber's chief technology officer already blew through his full 2026 AI budget due to token costs, according to The Information.

Lol. Lmao even

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[โ€“] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Of course they are too dumb to expect this outcome, but it's so fucking obvious this would happen. OpenAI is still burning billions each years, just wait and see how much it will cost when they need to make a profit. (They have already cut down on the free version)

I mean, it's the same freaking market strategy that's been used for over a decade in tech and nobody seems to realize they're inside a slowly boiling water..