Companies Begged Workers to Use Dumber AI After One Bill Tripled at $15 Million a Month
Leaked Slack chats, dashboards, and emails from Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, and Citi show companies rationing AI and pushing staff toward weaker models, with one firm's spend tripling past $15 million a month.
"companies are trying to rein in AI use as costs spiral out of control"
404 Media (Jason Koebler)
The industry sold AI as the miracle worth firing your staff over, and now leaked material from half a dozen companies including Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, and Citi shows those same employers pleading with workers to please use the cheaper, dumber models before the meter eats them alive. In at least one case the AI bill tripled past $15 million a month, the fallout of vendors quietly flipping enterprises from flat fees to pay-per-token pricing that punishes every prompt. The whole pitch was that AI pays for itself, and the receipts show finance departments treating it like a leaking faucet nobody can shut off. 404 Media on companies throttling their own AI
Source: 404 Media (Jason Koebler) · Jason Koebler
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