Microsoft Tightens Employee AI Budget: Some Spent $28,000 in 28 Days, Programming Shifts to GPT-5.6 Sol
Microsoft has been exposed for tightening Token usage management, monitoring usage and gradually switching internal default workloads to GPT-5.6 Sol to reduce costs. The trigger was a leaked table showing that some employees called AI extensively to boost data rankings, with one person generating about $28,000 in Token costs within 28 days, causing concern among senior leadership; there is significant variation across departments, with CoreAI being the most expensive.
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