AI & Enterprise

Developers depend on AI coding tools as productivity dispute grows

Developers are relying more on AI coding tools, making it difficult to run productivity tests without them, a report said. Research group METR found participants felt AI boosted productivity, but measured results showed overall work slowed due to fixing errors and waiting for outputs. A repeat experiment was changed after developers resisted working without AI. Companies have questioned self-assessments as AI usage costs rise, while studies warn of higher long-term maintenance burdens.

AI & Enterprise

Company hit with 750 billion won one-month Claude AI bill after rolling out without limits

A company that rolled out generative AI across its organisation was billed $500 million, or about 754 billion won, in usage fees in just one month, a report said. The company opened Anthropic\'s Claude to all employees without setting per-user limits or budget caps. As use spread, token consumption surged and costs rose sharply, especially among heavy users running agent workflows and large code generation tasks.