Passerby6497 comments on Mystery company accidentally blew $500 million on Claude in a single month — failed to put usage limit on licenses for employees

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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

The 'report' is the first linked axios article, and the headline is just a bullet point in it

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/28/ai-spending-roi-enterprise-costs

An AI consultant tells Axios one of their clients recently spent half a billion dollars in a single month after failing to put usage limits on Claude licenses for employees.

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[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

Ah, my mistake. I didn't see the link.

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[–] Upgrayedd1776@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

article about axios https://www.salon.com/2026/05/09/axios-accused-of-market-manipulation-with-iran-reporting/

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[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

The problem, as indirectly noted in the article, is that they're using the white house as a source, which isn't reliable in the slightest anymore, and the article explicitly noted that the white house is using them for market manipulation.

Axios is a convenient punching bag for this administration's blatant insider trading and market manipulation. No wonder hacks like Greene and Kinzinger are blaming the messenger, and conveniently not going after the trump admin when they all have a common enemy.

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