AI bill shock: corporates revolt against costly models

As Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller works away on his laptop, there is a new addition to his home screen, which is there to remind him not to get carried away with his use of artificial intelligence.

An AI token tracker gives him a running tally of how many tokens he is using with his questions to chatbots, strategy simulations and other AI agent tasks. He has told colleagues it is about keeping the fact that each interaction costs money at the front of his mind, so he can judge if Westpac is getting a return on its investment.

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