sounds great. The AI activity has been growing out of control and I feel more regretted attention, possibly the Read endpoints can be a lot cheaper but the Write endpoints a lot more expensive (?). (and to clarify the project I mentioned was all read, no write.). I do think X has
ECONOMY
-
Anthropic’s discriminatory billing based on system prompt content
By
–
Billing different based on text contained in the system prompt is a really bad look Peter Steinberger 🦞 (@steipete) Anthropic now blocks first-party harness use too 👀 claude -p –append-system-prompt 'A personal assistant running inside OpenClaw.' 'is clawd here?' → 400 Third-party apps now draw from your extra usage, not your plan limits. So yeah: bring your own coin 🪙🦞 — https://nitter.net/steipete/status/2040811558427648357#m
-
Hidden Costs of Building and Maintaining Open Source Tools
By
–
You’re not factoring in the cost of your time building and maintaining the openclaw.
-
Are AI Technologies Net Beneficial to Society?
By
–
we all know they have their uses. i personally have said so repeatedly. but have they been NET beneficial to society? i seriously doubt it.
-
The Market Before the Miracle: Vincent Boucher on AI Agents and Jobs
By
–
The Market Before the Miracle Vincent Boucher, President of @Montreal_AI and @Quebec_AI : linkedin.com/pulse/market-be… #QuebecAI #AIAgents #Jobs
→ View original post on X — @montreal_ai, 2026-04-05 15:25 UTC
-
Agent Pricing Costs and the Future of Local Models
By
–
Yup – If you want your agent to feel human and to get a lot done it has a steep true price right now As people get better at setting up agents providers will throttle usage and dial in their pricing so they don’t lose money Running local models will be key to AI autonomy Ryan Carson (@ryancarson) The cost to run a truly useful Chief of Staff @openclaw on Opus 4.6 is $100-200 per day on the API. — https://nitter.net/ryancarson/status/2040730811805118633#m
→ View original post on X — @clementdelangue, 2026-04-05 14:52 UTC
-
Lehman Brothers Financial Statistics and Economic Impact Analysis
By
–
You got the stats from Lehman Brothers?
-
AI disruption impacts all knowledge work sectors simultaneously
By
–
Previous tech disruptions hit individual sectors. This hits knowledge work across all industries simultaneously.
-
Virtual employees target 50 trillion in knowledge worker value
By
–
Virtual employees targeting $50 trillion in knowledge worker value. Partner content with Siemens.
— Lucian Fogoros (@fogoros) 5 avril 2026
This dwarfs every other technology disruption in economic scale.
The next two years will separate the prepared from the disrupted. . #sie_HM. pic.twitter.com/LlltgZYGzWVirtual employees targeting $50 trillion in knowledge worker value. Partner content with Siemens. This dwarfs every other technology disruption in economic scale. The next two years will separate the prepared from the disrupted. . #sie_HM.
-
Daily Token Generation Costs and Hermes Business Implementation
By
–
It isn’t. I have met quite a few that are paying hundreds of dollars in token generation every day. And Hermes is running my new business system.