GoKawiil - Tech News

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Microsoft Tells Engineers 'Tokenmaxxing Is Not What We Are Optimizing For' (slashdot.org)

2026-08-04 | tags: microsoft, github copilot, openai gpt-5.6

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An Honest Review of AI Programming (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: claude, tokenmaxxing, llms

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Tokenomics: Why making AI pay is tricky (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-03 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: tokenomics, ai platforms, smartr ai

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Show HN: CostPerPrompt – Live AI API pricing and real-workload cost calculators (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: ai api pricing, openai, token costs

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Cursor removed cost information from the usage page and CSV export (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: cursor, enterprise plans, token pricing

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AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | by Anuradha Weeraman | tags: openai, api tokens, software engineering

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New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open-Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Kim Zetter | tags: defcon, baochip, open-source

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Launch HN: Tokenless (YC S26) – Automatic model switching to save money (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: tokenless, openai, anthropic

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Self-hosting Kimi K3: 20% more hardware cost, 20% better task resolution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: github copilot, openai, anthropic

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TokenTown: A visual way to understand how LLMs work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: transformer model, tokenization, attention

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Workplaces Look For Cheaper AI As 'Tokenmaxxing' Fades As a Corporate Fad (slashdot.org)

2026-07-29 | tags: openai, anthropic, tokenmaxxing

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The AI ‘tokenmaxxing’ corporate fad is fading as workplaces look to cut costs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: tokenmaxxing, openai, chatgpt

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Token-maxing is an AI cost sink - how to use agents without busting your budget (zdnet.com)

2026-07-28 | by Mark Samuels | tags: token-maxing, ai agents, boomi

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Does Speaking to Agents Like Cavemen Save 65% of Tokens? We Test (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: claude code, caveman, jetbrains

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Neutrino-1 8B (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: neutrino-1, verifier, token acceptance

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The relay market powering token resellers and fraud (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: relay market, token fraud, anthropic

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An Inside Look at the Token Reseller Market (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: token resellers, relay market, anthropic

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Brazilian farmers tokenized dairy cows to get loans, bypassing bank limits (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | by Olivier Acuna | tags: cowmed, brazilian farmers, livestock tokenization

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Sam Altman’s biometric startup World raises $52.5M via crypto sale (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: world, openai, crypto token

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22 AI risks leaders underestimate (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: artificial intelligence, ai risks, company goals

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GigaToken: ~1000x faster Language model tokenization (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: gigatoken, huggingface, rust

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Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash model cuts AI agent token costs by up to 65% on long horizon engineering tasks —and 3.5 Pro is on the way (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: google deepmind, gemini 3.6 flash, ai models

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Google's Gemini Flash 5.6 model cuts AI agent token costs by up to 65% on long horizon engineering tasks —and 3.5 Pro is on the way (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: google deepmind, gemini 3.5 flash-lite, api pricing

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The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens (wired.com)

2026-07-21 | by Vittoria Elliott | tags: army, ai tokens, ask sage

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Writer's AI harness cuts token spend nearly 40% — without sacrificing accuracy (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: writer, ai harness, foundation model

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The enduring paradox of the AI economy — models get better and more efficient, yet costs can still easily spiral out of control (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-20 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: ai economy, openai, venturebeat

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Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: augmented ai, token economy, harness design

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Tokenmaxxing Didn’t Die. It Mutated (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-20 | tags: tokenmaxxing, frontier models, true ai

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I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Bartosz Kotrys | tags: quesma, claude max, tokenomics

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Qwen 3.8 Max Preview (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: qwen 3.8 max, token plan, individual