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The report also claims that Microsoft has released internal Copilot guidelines that include AI token budget targets for business divisions. The employees are said to be able to monitor their individual AI usage, but no formal personal spending limits have reportedly been enforced yet. Internal data cited in the memo suggests some engineers consume AI tokens worth hundreds to thousands of dollars every month. And this is not something that only Microsoft is following; additionally, dozens of tech giants like Amazon, Adobe, and Uber have been following the same and instructing their employees to avoid tokenmaxxing.