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OPENROUTER TOKEN SURGE MASKS AI EFFICIENCY PROBLEM
OpenRouter's weekly token consumption skyrocketed 25,000% since January 2025, reaching 126.2 trillion tokens. The explosive growth reflects inefficient reasoning models and unoptimized AI agents rather than proportional increases in actual usage.
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On OpenRouter, weekly token consumption has surged more than 25,000 percent since January 2025, from 0.5 to 126.2 trilli…