A simple AI chat typically costs a few hundred tokens.

OpenAI API tokens initially cost approximately a fifth of a penny per thousand tokens.

Token output at large companies like Meta and Microsoft is measured, sometimes via leaderboards or tools showing money spent on AI tokens.

Computationally expensive AI models like Claude Mythos can only be used effectively by individuals who spend significant amounts on tokens.

One thousand tokens is approximately equivalent to 750 words.

Processing the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy plus additional books with a Flash or Nano model could cost approximately a third of a penny per million tokens.