This entire episode is dedicated to discussing a prediction I've brought up eleventy billion times: AI prices are gonna go up, and it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. I break down Microsoft Copilot Cowork's usage-based pricing rollout, what it signals for the rest of the industry, the concept of tokenmaxxing, and how Anthropic's existing usage limits and Fable 5's pay-per-usage model are early signs of what's ahead.

• Episode 50 celebration
• Microsoft Copilot Cowork's usage-based pricing announcement
• Usage-based billing vs. flat-fee subscription models
• Prediction: other companies will follow suit
• Anthropic's existing usage tiers and Fable 5's pay-per-usage model
• Tokenmaxxing
• Enterprise users and the end of "costs be damned" AI usage
• Why the most basic model is likely more than enough
• Getting ahead of the AI price hike
• How I used AI this week: JCode saves his Mac with ChatGPT

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• (00:00:05) - Prompting Curiosity: The AI Curious
• (00:00:37) - A Year in the Life of The AI Podcast
• (00:01:31) - The impending AI Price Hike
• (00:04:38) - Claude Fable 5: When Will Other Companies Follow?
• (00:06:32) - Token Maxing: The Future of AI
• (00:12:32) - How I Used AI to Save My Mac
• (00:13:57) - A New Review for "