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Uber chief warns no link yet between AI tokenmaxxing and shipping successful products — company pumps the brakes on all-out AI spending

Uber President and COO Andrew Macdonald has warned that there is not yet a link between higher AI token usage and an increase in useful consumer features, seemingly pumping the brakes on 'AI tokenmaxxing.' Speaking on the Rapid Response Podcast via Business Insider , Macdonald said, "That link is n… …

May 26, 2026 · Mark Tyson
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AI costs begin to bite as agents may increase token demand by 24 times, says Goldman Sachs report — Uber and Microsoft among companies feeling the bite of tokenized billing

… Following the recent viral post from Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga that the company had blown through its entire 2026 AI budget in just a few months, Uber's Operations chief, Andrew Macdonald, said that token usage just didn't seem to have a direct correlation with useful consumer features. …

May 27, 2026 · Jon Martindale
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Fake Samsung SSD spotting comes to CrystalDiskInfo as AI crunch drives sophisticated counterfeit market — free open-source software can flag clones by checking firmware, PCI Vendor ID

… Go deeper with TH Premium: AI shortages AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply Chip scarcity assaults auto industry amid the worsening Nexperia and DRAM crisis Samsung and SK hynix shorten memory contracts as pricing power shifts back to suppliers Memory makers are set… …

May 19, 2026 · Zhiye Liu
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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