Agents Burn 5x More Tokens Than Humans, Challenging Dynamic Routing
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-24
Data shows Agent usage has exploded 14x since February, consuming tokens at nearly 5x the human rate. This challenges OpenRouter's dynamic routing model: because long-tasks rely on cache hits stored on specific provider machines, rerouting mid-task forces paying full pre-fill costs again.
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