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AI tokens could become the kilowatt-hour of the AI age

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AI tokens are the digital units that AI companies use to bill customers for their services. Now, per NPR, economists are using those same tokens as a measure of how AI is spreading through the broader economy—treating them somewhat like the kilowatt-hour is used to track energy consumption.

Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/07/28/g-s1...

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