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The AI Bill Is Coming Due: GitHub’s Copilot Move Has Startups On Alert

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The AI Bill Is Coming Due: GitHub’s Copilot Move Has Startups On Alert
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From June 1, the code repository platform GitHub moved its Copilot AI-coding assistant from a flat subscription-based model to a usage-based model. The usage here will be measured based on the number of AI tokens consumed, including the input, output, and cached tokens. Tokens are the fundamental units of text processed by AI models. The Microsoft-owned company announced the switch through a blog back on April 27; however, it came into effect earlier this week. 
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