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AI bills baffle C-suite as usage-based pricing takes hold

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Register ·

KPMG survey finds nearly a third of executives struggle to understand AI costs after shift to usage-based pricing. Companies are rethinking deployments as unpredictable bills complicate budgeting. The trend highlights growing pains as AI moves from experimental to operational phases.

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The finding underscores a hidden cost of AI adoption: financial opacity that could slow enterprise deployment if vendors don't improve pricing transparency.
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