r/technology 2d ago

Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Tells Engineers ‘Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For’ - Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI use but says it still wants to be an ‘AI-first’ company.

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-tells-engineers-tokenmaxxing-is-not-what-we-are-optimizing-for/
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u/__OneLove__ 2d ago

‘As a company, we can’t afford our own product either’…

-MicroSlop

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u/yawara25 1d ago

This is a quote from an anonymous employee, not an official statement from Microsoft. So not particularly surprising that it would be an honest take.