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Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] teft@piefed.social 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Most companies can't eat a half billion dollar loss so who ends up paying this? AI queries burn actual energy so the AI company would have to charge I would think.

[–] optimisticturtle@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Most companies can’t eat a half billion dollar loss so who ends up paying this?

Taxpaying proles will foot the bill somehow.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

I'll cover it, but only this once. Let's not make this a habit.