Scientists are learning how the brain extracts discrete words from a continuous stream of sounds. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking Japanese). SUMMERS: Unless you speak Japanese, that probably sounded ...

Just last month, the most important metric in Silicon Valley was tokens burned—the units of measurement for the computing power being used by AI models. CEOs were giving employees the Matthew ...

AI is turning out to be more expensive than enterprises expected, and CFOs are now trading future headcount for tokens. Roughly 95% of enterprise AI still runs on the priciest frontier models even for ...

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When it comes to AI, tokens are the coin of the realm. Here’s how to understand their importance to both users and AI vendors. Google has only one way to measure the phenomenal AI growth it’s seen: in ...

OpenAI cofounder and CEO Sam Altman says he is offering $2 million in OpenAI API tokens to every startup in Y Combinator’s current Spring 2026 batch, in exchange for an undetermined amount of equity.

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast. Today, I’m talking ...

Setting up an OpenView decoder allows you to access free-to-air channels and enjoy a variety of entertainment at home. The process may seem technical at first, but with the right steps, it becomes ...

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There’s an old saw in management: What you measure matters. And, typically, you get more of whatever you’re measuring. Software engineers have debated productivity metrics for decades, starting with ...