How meter pricing is testing the economics of AI
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BLOOMBERG — A growing number of tech firms have begun to introduce usage-based pricing options for their AI services rather than simply charging a flat subscription fee. As a result, the heaviest users are set to incur additional costs each time they ask an AI chatbot or agent to produce a slide deck, draft an email or debug a complex piece of code.
Leading AI labs have been spending tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars on chips, data centers and talent to develop and run their models. The shift to a pricing model more commonly associated with metered-power or pay-as-you-go phone contracts may lead to more selective use of a technology that consumes huge amounts of electricity and other resources.
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