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Podcast: The AI Tokenpocalypse Is Here

Companies are scrambling to reduce AI spending as providers shift to per-token pricing, with some using tools to make LLMs communicate like cavemen. Meanwhile, entirely fake AI-generated flowers are flooding eBay, Etsy, and Amazon.

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Podcast: The AI Tokenpocalypse Is Here
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We start this week with Joseph’s story about the Tokenpocalypse, which is companies scrambling to stop spending so much on AI after providers started charging per AI token. After the break, Joseph and Emanuel tell us about the ways companies are trying to do this, including using a tool to make their LLMs talk like cavemen. In the subscribers-only section, Emanuel explains how entirely fake AI-generated flowers are all over eBay, Etsy, and Amazon.

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