Amazonは、コスト増大や不正利用への懸念を受け、従業員が作成したAIランキングサイト「Kirorank」の運用を終了した。この動きは、AIにかかる高額な費用に直面している他の大手テック企業と同様の対応である。
Amazonは、従業員のAI利用状況をランク付けするベータ版サイト「Kirorank」を閉鎖した。このツールは公開からわずか数週間で削除された。同社の関係者は、トークンコストの急騰に加え、ランキングの順位を上げるために従業員が些細なタスクでAIを過剰に利用する「トークンマクシング（tokenmaxxing）」と呼ばれる行為が横行していたことを理由に挙げている。
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Starbucks has discontinued an AI-powered inventory tracking system in its North American stores. The tool, rolled out last September, lasted just nine months before the company reverted to manual counting methods.
Major Brazilian companies are distributing monthly artificial intelligence credits so employees can experiment with models like ChatGPT and Claude. The initiative aims to encourage useful tool creation and boost technology adoption in daily operations.
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Global tech giants are ramping up AI investments to record levels relative to operating cash flow, straining their finances. Jefferies analyst Chris Wood cautions that monetisation remains uncertain despite the spending boom. He warns the sector may mirror capital-intensive industries amid intensifying competition.
Some US companies are adopting China's DeepSeek AI models as expenses for Silicon Valley tools increase. The trend appears on corporate spending data from Ramp, though adoption remains limited compared with OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Meta is deploying software on US employees' work computers to monitor keystrokes, clicks, mouse movements, and screenshots in work apps for AI training data. Internal memos reveal no opt-out option, sparking employee discomfort, as the company invests billions in AI while cutting thousands of jobs.
OpenAI announced on March 24, 2026, that it is discontinuing its Sora AI video generation app and related API, redirecting efforts toward business tools and robotics research. The decision, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, also unravels a $1 billion partnership with Disney. Company executives cited a need to avoid distractions from core productivity applications.
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Meta has quietly finalized a large-scale agreement with Amazon Web Services to rent its AI infrastructure, moving away from owning chips and expanding its own data centers. The deal marks an unprecedented shift to relying on AWS's backbone for AI needs.