Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months, prompting a $1,500 monthly cap per employee. Meta and Amazon are imposing similar AI

Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months, prompting a $1,500 monthly cap per employee. Meta and Amazon are imposing similar AI

Major corporations like Uber, Amazon, and Walmart are cutting AI usage as inference costs consume 85% of budgets, with some depleted within months.