AI 11 min
What Is an AI Token? Why Every AI Cost Is Calculated in Them
Tokens are not words, and they are not characters. Here is what a token really is, why AI billing counts them, and how to work out the cost of a request.
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Tokens are not words, and they are not characters. Here is what a token really is, why AI billing counts them, and how to work out the cost of a request.
Fifteen tested habits that cut my monthly AI token usage without cutting how much I use AI, from context discipline to knowing when to restart a chat.
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