Microsoft reports are exposing AI’s real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees
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FORTUNE — Microsoft isn’t the only company scaling back its internal AI use. Uber’s CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga told The Information in April that the firm had already burnt through its entire 2026 AI coding tools budget in just four months. That comes after the company had actively incentivized adoption through internal leaderboards ranking teams by AI tool usage.
The reports may throw cold water on the bets tech’s biggest firms have placed on the technology. While some cling to the promise of an AI “renaissance” or “revolution,” the cost of adoption is proving a stubborn bottleneck.
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