124x surge in token consumption by OpenAI researchers, flagged by Erik Brynjolfsson
erikbryn · x · 2026-09-13
Economist Erik Brynjolfsson highlighted data showing a 124x increase in token consumption by OpenAI researchers, commenting 'Here we go!' The figure signals that researchers' day-to-day model usage is scaling by orders of magnitude, pointing to AI becoming a core part of the research workflow rather than a side tool.
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