Meta Moves to Curb Employee AI Usage Costs

Meta is shifting from encouraging heavy internal AI use to imposing token-minimization policies, team budget caps, and real-time tracking to curb rapidly rising AI consumption and costs (the report cites ~60 trillion tokens in 30 days and projects billions in 2026). The company plans phased controls through 2026–2027 and to promote internal tools like Meta Code to manage spending, a trend mirrored by other large tech firms.