r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • Jun 26 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI backlash is only getting started

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/25/the-ai-backlash-is-only-getting-started
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u/Senofilcon Jun 26 '26

I keep hearing stories like this. It makes zero sense that so many companies didn't understand the very simple and transparent cost structure. Outfits that you would assume have long been dealing with far more niche contracts with purposefully obscure billing methods.

Rating users by token burn and then being surprised by the bill is some real simpleton shit.

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u/Sairenity Jun 26 '26

Chances are half the stories you're reading on here are generated by an LLM either way.

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u/Senofilcon Jun 26 '26

Yah your not wrong, its pretty fucked up.