[Ads-l] "Tokenpocalypse"

[Nancy Friedman]

TechCrunch, June 7, 2026:

Is This the Dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/07/is-this-the-dawn-of-the-tokenpocalypse/
"Microsoft recently announced major pricing changes for GitHub Copilot
<https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/30/what-a-joke-github-copilots-new-token-based-billing-spurs-consternation-among-devs/>
—
changes that were drastic enough that a Reddit user said their company
has started
calling it the Tokenpocalypse
<https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/comments/1tq0otf/your_experience_with_tokenpocalypse_2026/>
."

The Reddit citation, from "11 days ago" (I wish Reddit used actual dates):
https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/comments/1tq0otf/your_experience_with_tokenpocalypse_2026/

In AI-speak, a token is the basic unit of data that a large language model
reads and generates. See also "tokenmaxxing":
https://theconversation.com/silicon-valleys-ai-tokenmaxxing-obsession-has-a-big-problem-and-philosophers-saw-it-coming-281530

For another new -pocalypse blend, see my post on "SaaSpocalypse" (March 2,
2026):
https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/words-of-the-week-ai-edition

And see Mark Liberman on Language Log (June 21, 2011) on "sportspocalypse,"
"snowpocalypse," et al.:
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3209


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