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The AI Cost Crisis
From token pricing wars to energy consumption, the true economics of AI in 2026
TechCrunch, Wired, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, The Verge2026-03-01
Before we can predict workforce displacement, we have to find the baseline: the hidden cost of a single AI prompt.
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At 50 email draft tasks a day on GPT-4o-class, you're spending $9.72/month on API costs alone. But is that cheaper than paying a human to do them?