Business · 2h ago
Why AI Budgets Fail in Year Two: The Hidden Labor Cost
Companies often treat AI tools as fixed costs after initial deployment, ignoring the ongoing labor needed for maintenance. This leads to degraded performance as prompts, knowledge bases, and workflows become stale. The fix requires formally allocating time and budget for AI infrastructure upkeep, not just license renewals.
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The article correctly identifies a common oversight, but the real challenge is convincing leadership to fund invisible maintenance work that lacks immediate ROI.
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