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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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After cloud spending, IT companies see 'token maxxing' as AI's next cost challenge

As enterprises rush to deploy generative AI across their organisations, IT services firms are beginning to warn of a new challenge: token maxxing.

The term refers to the growing tendency among companies and employees to measure AI adoption through token consumption — the units used whenever large language models process information — rather than through actual business outcomes, according to a report by the Times of India.

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