Artificial Intelligence: 'We created a monster': companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets
Amazon, Walmart and Uber are among early adopters that have introduced caps or discouraged wasteful activity
Companies that raced to put AI tools in the hands of their workers are starting to rein in their use, as the cost of deploying the technology at scale begins to test corporate budgets.
Amazon, Walmart, Cisco, Uber and Meta are among early adopters that have introduced caps, discouraged wasteful use or pushed employees to cheaper models in a bid to keep AI spending under control.