tokenmaxxing

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees in June 2026 that Microsoft should be more deliberate about artificial intelligence use, admitting he is a “tokenmaxxer” himself while warning that expensive frontier models should not become the default for ordinary work. The message is less a retreat...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said at a live taping of The New York Times’ “Hard Fork” podcast in June 2026 that “a lot” of tokenmaxxing is happening inside Microsoft, while urging employees not to use frontier AI models for ordinary work. The quip landed because it said aloud what the AI industry...