AI inference costs are likely to increase due to higher token consumption in agentic models, even as token prices decrease.

> Microsoft reports are exposing AI’s real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees yeah, no shit https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/microsoft-ai-cost-problem-tokens-agents/

Microsoft reports expose AI's cost problem: The tech is more expensive than paying human employees Firms today are pushing employees to use as much AI as possible to squeeze out the technology’s productivity gains. But that pressure is leading to cracks, and those cracks may be irreparable. 🤷 https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/microsoft-ai-cost-problem-tokens-agents/ #microsoft #firm #tomutch #expensive #ai #aislop #costs #cost #expensive #it #employee #push #employeepush #crack

MS reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees ｢ Gartner predicted that cheaper tokens won’t translate to cheaper enterprise AI because agentic models require far more tokens per task than standard models, increased consumption can outpace falling unit costs, and AI providers won’t fully pass through lower costs to consumers. In turn, inference costs are likely to push higher ｣ https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/microsoft-ai-cost-problem-tokens-agents/ #tokenmaxxing #ai #vibecoding