{"slug": "microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-he-s-a-token-maxer-too-it-s-addictive", "title": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits he's a token-maxer, too: \"It's addictive\"", "summary": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned against overusing powerful AI models for simple tasks, calling it 'token-maxing' and admitting he is also addicted to the practice. He emphasized that the marginal cost of productivity gains must match the token cost.", "body_md": "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is warning against \"token-maxing,\" throwing the most powerful AI models at every problem. Frontier models shouldn't be wasted on everyday tasks, he says. The marginal cost of productivity gains has to match the token cost. Still, Nadella admits, \"I'm like a token-maxer too. So it is addictive.\"\n\nThe article [Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits he's a token-maxer, too: \"It's addictive\"](https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-hes-a-token-maxer-too-its-addictive/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-he-s-a-token-maxer-too-it-s-addictive", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-hes-a-token-maxer-too-its-addictive/", "published_at": "2026-06-13 13:03:49+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-13 13:23:50.148727+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Satya Nadella"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-he-s-a-token-maxer-too-it-s-addictive", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-he-s-a-token-maxer-too-it-s-addictive.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-he-s-a-token-maxer-too-it-s-addictive.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-admits-he-s-a-token-maxer-too-it-s-addictive.jsonld"}}