AI推高成本：NSA测试耗资数十亿，医院保险账单战加剧
原标题：Intelligence doesn't come cheap as AI drives up costs for the NSA, hospitals, and insurers
AI 摘要
美国国家安全局向国会表示，今年将花费数十亿美元测试先进AI模型，其中算力是最大开支，人员薪酬也因需与AI实验室竞争而推高成本。在医疗领域，医院和保险公司利用AI进行账单编码与理赔审查，互相博弈导致护理成本上升，蓝十字蓝盾协会称医院借此两年多收近10亿美元。文章还指出，企业按token计费的模式使大客户算力支出高昂，OpenAI和Anthropic等提供商正通过企业合同和定价调整应对。
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Intelligence doesn't come cheap as AI drives up costs for the NSA, hospitals, and insurers The NSA is reportedly spending billions of dollars to test AI models, mostly on computing power. In US health care, AI drives up costs in a different way. It makes care itself more expensive because hospitals and insurers use it to fight over billing. The National Security Agency told Congress it will spend billions of dollars this year testing advanced AI models, The Washington Sun reports, citing two sou