Link to: https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/
Maybe ‘Steal Underpants by Blowing a Fortune on AI Tokens’ Is, in Fact, Not a Good Business Plan
Joseph Cox, writing for 404 Media (paywalled, sans gift links, alas):
Consulting giant Accenture is trying to figure out how to stop
non-technical workers from blowing through companies’ AI token
budget on trivial tasks like converting PDFs to presentation
Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides.
"Leadership [...] are still asking the question of whether they're getting value from what we're spending."
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