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Engineers burn 10x more AI tokens for just 2x more output. Welcome to the backlash against tokenmaxxing. (opens in new tab)

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Jellyfish data shows that while AI "tokenmaxxing" boosts coding output, extreme token use delivers diminishing returns for companies.

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Amazon workers are apparently 'tokenmaxxing' AI platforms to hit arbitrary usage targets

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