Tokenomics: Why making AI pay is tricky

AI companies and their customers are struggling to predict costs because token usage varies by prompt, model and workflow. Although individual tokens have become cheaper, rapidly rising consumption and the growth of multi-agent systems make reliable pricing and budgeting difficult.

由于token用量会随提示词、模型和工作流程而变化，人工智能公司及其客户难以预测成本。尽管单个token变得更便宜，但用量快速增长以及多智能体系统的发展，使可靠定价和预算管理变得困难。