OpenRouter's token surge highlights AI bubble debate

The Decoder reports OpenRouter's weekly token consumption jumped over 25,000% since January 2025, from 0.5 trillion to 126.2 trillion tokens, indicating token-heavy models and unoptimized agents are driving massive usage metrics.

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