Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?
TechCrunch AI7 days agoBusinessTechCrunch discusses Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot pricing changes as a sign that subsidized AI usage may be ending. As Anthropic and other major AI companies prepare for public-market scrutiny, profitability and usage-cost risks will become harder to ignore. The piece argues that higher prices, usage caps, and broader business-model changes may be necessary if AI labs want to survive beyond investor-subsidized growth.
Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’
The Verge AI19 days agoBusinessUber reportedly exhausted its annual AI budget just four months into 2026. President and COO Andrew Macdonald said the company is not seeing a clear link between increased Claude Code token consumption and more meaningful output. The story highlights a broader enterprise shift from AI adoption enthusiasm toward stricter scrutiny of cost, productivity, and ROI.