AIHacker Noonabout 4 hours ago
Tokens Drive Every AI Cost and Limit
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Tokens are the smallest text units AI models process, and every API bill, context window, and speed difference depends on them. Output tokens cost 3 to 6 times more than input tokens across providers. One AWS Bedrock bill hit $340 because an agent read 100,000 tokens per ticket.
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