In April, Uber’s CTO went viral for noting that the company had already blown past its AI budget for 2026 . Many CEOs and CIOs are finding that AI bills are increasing, in many cases without an ROI to show for it. Why is this happening, and what can be done about it?Why Is This Happening?There are several reasons:One is that AI providers offered extremely cheap initial versions to entice users. Meanwhile, as agentic technology developed, AIs themselves started using more and more tokens (the unit of consumption). Even as token costs decreased, token usage increased to the point where…

Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.The Quebec government will be prioritizing families who “live and work in Quebec permanently” over asylum seekers for subsidized…

Officials from the European Commission and 15 member states discreetly met with a Taliban delegation on Tuesday in an attempt to speed up the deportation of Afghan migrants to the country. The meeting in Brussels, whose details and venue were not disclosed, was harshly criticised by progressive lawmakers and civil…

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The UFC finally unveiled its new Meta Rankings that will replace the media-based rankings system. There were some noteworthy differences as the UFC left the media rankings on the website.Conceptually, this should be better for the sport — but there are some kinks that still need to be worked out.…

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