News Summary

• AI tokens are the computational units that power tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.
• The pitch is that access to more compute makes engineers more productive, and that more productive engineers are worth more.
• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang floated the notion that engineers should receive roughly half their base salary again — in tokens.
• More tokens may mean more power in the short term, but given how fast things are evolving, it doesn’t necessarily mean more job security.
• The New York Times found that engineers at companies including Meta and OpenAI are competing on internal leaderboards that track token consumption.