AI led to 860% budget overrun — Amazon admits neural networks made errors 'catastrophically expensive'

Internal Amazon reports reveal that AI use caused a $1.8 million budget overrun on a single project, exceeding the budget by 860%. The company acknowledged that previously trivial errors became catastrophically expensive due to token costs in AI agents.

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OpenAI Slashes Prices and Expands Limits for Two of Three GPT-5.6 Models

OpenAI has reduced API prices for its GPT-5.6 models Terra (by 20%) and Luna (by 80%) from this month's initial rates. The changes also affect how usage is counted against paid subscription limits in ChatGPT Work and Codex, allowing more tasks before hitting caps.

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