Microsoft staffer spent $28,000 on AI tools in 28 days
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One Microsoft staffer racked up $28,000 in AI tool expenses in just 28 days, way above the company's median of $300, according to leaked data.
Microsoft leadership has recently begun a crackdown on this kind of spending.
Microsoft adopts OpenAI GPT-5.6 sol
Microsoft is now tightening its policies and switching to OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol model for internal tasks.
In an August memo, the executive vice president of Microsoft's CoreAI division, Jay Parikh, reminded everyone: "Tokenmaxxing is not what we are optimizing for," urging employees to focus on meaningful results instead of maxing out AI usage.