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How are AI agents spending your tokens?

A new study from researchers at the Lab finds that the cost of having AI agents automate your tasks for you may be higher than you think, and examines the challenge of predicting what it will cost for an agent to automate tasks for you.

TIME · January 2, 2026

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The World · January 27, 2025

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Stanford Digital Economy Lab · December 5, 2024

American democracy is soul-searching. An AI-era version of the Federalist Papers may be the answer

Stanford Digital Economy Lab · November 22, 2024

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Communications of the ACM · October 11, 2024

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