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Five Keys to Controlling AI Token Costs

Model routing, semantic caching, prompt caching, reranking and response constraints are the five keys InfoWorld names for controlling AI token costs. We price each one at October 2026 list rates from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, flag what changed in prompt caching, and work through a support-bot example that takes a modelled $62,800 monthly bill to about $7,213.

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Microsoft Revamps Copilot With Code Generation, Agentic AI Tools

Microsoft has rebuilt Copilot around three parts: Home with Chat, Cowork and Office, Code for building apps in plain English, and Autopilot, an always-on agent formerly called Scout. We explain what is in the new Copilot, when it arrives, how the licence and Copilot Credits pricing works, and what IT teams should set up first.

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