Companies are deliberately making their AI tools speak like cavemen in an attempt to stop burning through AI tokens and curb their massive expenditure on AI, 404 Media has found. The tool turns the usually verbose outpost of LLMs like Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini into a much more to the point answer. Think less \u201cyou\u2019re right to push back, I was wrong,\u201d and more \u201cHulk smash.\u201d<\/p>\n
Use of the caveman plugin is in direct response to the skyrocketing and unpredictable cost of AI. As 404 Media previously reported<\/a>, companies are scrambling to stop spending so much on AI, with consulting giant Accenture finding much of the \u201csoaring token spend\u201d is thanks to people using AI to convert PDFs to presentations. People using caveman include developers at OpenAI, Nvidia, and GitHub, according to the tool\u2019s creator. A senior OpenAI employee has even contributed code to the project, adding support for OpenAI\u2019s Codex tool.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udca1<\/p>\n Do you know anything else about token spend inside companies? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.<\/p>\n This post is for paid members only<\/p>\n Become a paid member for unlimited ad-free access to articles, bonus podcast content, and more.<\/p>\n