AIFast Company Techabout 2 hours ago
AI tokens remain a vague pricing unit
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Tokens are the tiny language units AI systems process, with OpenAI estimating one token equals roughly four characters or three-quarters of a word. Users of Claude or ChatGPT receive token estimates after prompts but no clear explanation of costs. Token limits frustrate users, and different models can produce varying token counts for identical prompts.
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