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OpenClaw creator burned through $1.3 million in OpenAI API tokens in a single month — bill covered 603 billion tokens across 7.6 million requests and 100 coding agents

AI coding tools are currently facing growing scrutiny over their cost economics. Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor are all competing aggressively for developer adoption, and all three subsidize inference costs well below API rates to attract and retain users. …

May 17, 2026 · Luke James
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Samsung holds desperate final talks with union over 18-day chip factory strike that could cost $20 billion — government-mediated summit seeks to avert industrial action that could hit HBM production

… They estimate that allocating 10% to 15% of operating profit as performance bonuses and raising base salaries by 5% would generate KRW 21 trillion to KRW 39 trillion $14.3 billion to $26.5 billion in additional labor costs above current projections. …

May 11, 2026 · Luke James
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ASML CEO says Elon Musk is 'very serious' about TeraFab chipmaking megaproject, confirms direct talks — Musk targets $119 billion Texas semiconductor facility

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers Photonics and high-speed data movement is the next big AI bottleneck The data center cooling state of play Massive AI data center buildouts are squeezing energy supplies Ultra Ethernet: The data center interconnection of tomorrow TeraFab, which Musk an… …

May 21, 2026 · Luke James
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Jury throws out Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI after less than two hours of deliberation — Unanimous vote that Musk filed the lawsuit too late

A federal jury in Oakland, California, on Monday unanimously rejected every claim in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI , CEO Sam Altman, co-founder Greg Brockman, and Microsoft . The nine-member jury found that Musk filed too late, with all claims barred by the statute of limitations. …

May 18, 2026 · Luke James
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Google Chrome 'silently' downloads 4GB AI model to your device without permission, report claims — researcher says practice may violate EU law, waste thousands of kilowatts of energy

… Google has not publicly responded in detail to Hanff's findings at the time of writing, and the company may argue that these downloads are tied to legitimate product features and improve privacy by keeping AI processing local. Even so, the core question remains unresolved. …

May 6, 2026 · Zak Killian