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An AI feature quietly burned about 210 million tokens of his quota in 70 days

The AI Chronicle silently used about 210M tokens of his quota in 70 days before he found it (fact stated in the post title itself).

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How it works

  1. The Chronicle feature runs quietly in the background
  2. Uses about 210 million tokens of his quota over 70 days
  3. He only finds it when he goes looking

Why it’s worth knowing

The burn rate was invisible until the quota was gone.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on machblink.com. See the original ↗

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