Meta Employees Burned $221M in AI Tokens in One Month: Now Big Tech Starts Counting Every AI Prompt

Meta Employees Burned $221M in AI Tokens in One Month: Now Big Tech Starts Counting Every AI Prompt

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For much of 2026, artificial intelligence inside large companies resembled an open-ended experiment. Employees were encouraged to use AI assistants as much as possible. They generated code, summarised meetings, analysed data and produced reports at unprecedented speed. In some organisations, using more AI became a badge of honour rather than simply a way to improve…

Meta Engineer Burned $500K a Month on AI Tokens: Employees With Low Usage Faced Layoff Risk

Meta Engineer Burned $500K a Month on AI Tokens: Employees With Low Usage Faced Layoff Risk

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Meta has laid off thousands of workers as part of its plan to transition to artificial intelligence (AI). The company reportedly relied on several standards to select employees for layoffs, including performance evaluations, department restructuring, and AI initiatives, with internal experimentation around AI usage metrics reportedly influencing engineering output assessments. Part of that process included…