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AI agents use 5x more tokens than humans as cached prompts explode, headed for 10x

Daniel Newman’s number comes from OpenRouter data, where agents passed humans in February and grew 14x by August. Futurum Group CEO Daniel Newman wrote in an X post that “AI is currently used by AI 5x more than it is used by humans. That number will accelerate to 10x and then higher and higher.” His data, an Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) chart of OpenRouter figures, shows agents at 7.3 trillion tokens versus humans’ 1.4 trillion as of August, six mo…

 •  Tom's Hardware

Clever database, but can it run Doom?

Reg hack learns the meaning of 'Be careful what you wish for' "Can it run Doom?" now applies to databases, as the author of DOOMQL has released a far …

 •  The Register

3D movies are finally worth watching

Why am I suddenly buying up every 3D Blu-ray I can find after 3D became one of the biggest tech flops of all time? The technology's finally ready for …

 •  The Verge

How to Collect CDs

Fed up with paying to stream music you’ll never actually own? Give the little silver disc a spin. Here’s how to start a CD collection or get more out …

 •  Wired Technology

The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton

The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks. This year, members of Seattle Mountain Rescue have been settin…

 •  Ars Technica