AI ‘Tokenomics’ is a trap. CIOs should avoid it at all costs.

Consultants are urging technology leaders to track artificial intelligence expenses through token-based cost accounting. The author warns that this approach repeats the flaws of older software metrics by producing bills that managers cannot understand. Organizations must track actual business returns rather than building internal chargeback systems around raw token counts.

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