r/technology • u/CarciaNerissa • 1d ago

Artificial Intelligence Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026

https://www.reuters.com/business/anthropic-recorded-net-loss-over-80-billion-first-half-this-year-wsj-reports-2026-10-20/
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u/JJZinna 1d ago

We will 1000% see cases where more money is spent on tokens than the worker that was replaced.

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u/alwayssunnyinskyrim 1d ago

We already are, there are already companies trying to hire people back because the AI they replaced them with suddenly skyrocketed in cost

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u/NomadStorm 1d ago

It’s not just because of the cost, it’s also because the AI doesn’t actually work well enough to replace people.

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u/alwayssunnyinskyrim 1d ago

They care about that way less though.

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u/NomadStorm 1d ago

They couldn’t give a shit about it, until it affects their bottom line

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u/Happyplace_s 1d ago

Totally depends on the task/job.

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u/NomadStorm 1d ago

Fair point. Most managers and executives could be replaced by it tomorrow and the businesses might actually perform better.

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u/MyFeetLookLikeHands 20h ago

for the same velocity as before AI, tons of engineers could already lose their jobs

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u/Jessir12 19h ago

One senior accountant checking & correcting the AI outputs can do the work of four to six junior accountants while only consuming the tokens worth ~ the salary of two junior accountants.

Now, where new senior accountants are going to come from now that their jobs have almost all disappeared? The answer is “some other company will train them”

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u/urTomatilo 14h ago

We already are seeing those, multiple companies had to send internal memos telling employees to reduce AI usage as it got super expensive, and by the way this is in a time when AI is super duper cheap for the user and basically subsidized... It is completely unsustainable...

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u/Background-Spot-5068 23h ago

Sure, if the companies want to go under in a hurry