Uber caps AI spending after burning through 2026 budget in four months

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Uber is capping employee AI tool spending at $1,500/month per tool after exhausting its 2026 AI budget by April. President Andrew Macdonald said there’s no clear link between token consumption and useful features, making the trade-off harder to justify.

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