AI TOKENS COULD BECOME THE KILOWATT-HOUR OF THE AI AGE

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AI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers. Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy.

NPR Topics: News reports that aI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers.

The report adds: Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy.

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