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That can be a big money-saver compared with paying usage fees for smarter but more expensive closed-weight models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Given the forecast for future electricity usage and demand, “Diablo is in a unique situation and position to provide and support that,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Abbott’s spokesperson in a statement Friday defended the policy move as necessary because less than 10% of data centers responded to the state’s requests for them to report their power and water usage.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
"It's quite common for bars to provide free Wi-Fi with routers, so I'll provide free tokens," or units of AI usage, bar owner Song De told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
In its report the company stated its determination to "maximize the cash generated by TEL as its usage continues to phase down around the world."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Token usages are how developers measure and pay for AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
What are some unique butter techniques or usages that some may not be familiar with?
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024
Other similarly off-putting usages prompted think tanks and op-ed writers to warn that deepfakes were on the cusp of sparking a war or manipulating an election.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2023
The notes — which detail pronunciation and vowel usages — reinforced the veracity of the most accurate of the key manuscripts, the Aleppo Codex, he said.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2023
Neither the nominalist nor the mathematical usages are particularly common, and we cannot show any direct influence from either of them on seventeenth-century usages.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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