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GitHub Adds Token Breakdown to AI Usage Reports
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Why it matters
- →Provides transparency in AI usage and costs for users.
- →Helps users manage and potentially reduce AI-related expenses.
- →Facilitates better communication with stakeholders about AI costs.
GitHub has introduced a new feature in its AI usage reports that provides a per-model token breakdown. This allows users to see the specific input, output, cache read, and cache write tokens contributing to their AI credits. Previously, the reports only showed total AI credits, making cost management challenging. This update is available to admins on Copilot Business and Enterprise, and to individual Copilot users, offering greater transparency and control over AI expenses.
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