Semafor Tech: The sobering reality of AI costs for users and companies
The article discusses the unexpected and high costs of AI usage, illustrated through the author's personal experience of being repeatedly charged by OpenAI while traveling. It connects this personal anecdote to a broader trend of companies also facing surprising AI token bills, and notes the Trump administration's "sober" approach to quantum computing.
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On Sunday morning, I woke up jet-lagged after two weeks in Europe to find that OpenAI was repeatedly charging me $5, more than 20 times a day in some cases.
I’ve been using OpenAI’s Codex desktop app for months, which has helped me personally and professionally and even led to the launch of a new product called Semafor Intelligence.
Before I left, my AI spend was pretty low. I’m not a tokenmaxxer or a pretend software developer, and I had never bothered to set limits on how of
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