# The latest developments are showing that while AI is improving productivity inside companies, the cost of running these systems at large scale is becoming much higher.

*genai, business · news · 2026-05-26 · CNBC TV18*

## Key points

- Microsoft is cancelling most internal licences for Anthropic’s Claude Code due to high usage costs.
- Uber exhausted its full 2026 AI coding budget by April because of heavy adoption and high costs.
- Some Uber engineers' AI usage cost up to $2,000 per month, with single sessions costing $1,200.
- Meta raised its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to $125–$145 billion, mainly for AI infrastructure.
- Nvidia said AI compute costs now exceed employee costs, making it a major operational expense.

**Companies:** Microsoft, Uber, Meta
**Countries:** United States

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