News Summary

• Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Matt Comyn said businesses globally are likely to tighten scrutiny of artificial intelligence-related spending through 2026.
• Unlike most consumers, who use free or fixed-cost AI services, corporate users pay by the amount of text processed, referred to as ​tokens.
• In early rollouts of ‌AI in companies, token costs stayed modest because tasks were relatively simple.
• However, as models have evolved, with more "reasoning, the access to tools"