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The AI cost crisis finally has a watchdog — just not the companies causing it

The Tokenomics Foundation has launched as a nonprofit watchdog to monitor and report on AI spending costs, which have become enterprises' largest and least understood technology expense. The foundation aims to provide transparency and accountability for AI-related expenditures, though it lacks authority over the companies driving the cost crisis.

read1 min publishedJun 3, 2026

It’s no secret that AI is becoming enterprises’ biggest and least understood technology expense, and for many companies, the spending

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