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Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 4 days ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Then lays off half it's workforce to save costs and relies on AI to make up the difference.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 days ago

That's the beauty of it - the $500 million they spent on AI already made up the difference. Their products and processes have ascended to perfection. As soon as the damn customers get their acts together and start buying in, everything will be fine. ( /Sarcasm and/or accurate portrayal of a CEO presentation to their shareholders happening right now.)