Every THE D[AI]LY BRIEF article on token-based billing — enterprise AI analysis, benchmarks, vendor comparisons, and ROI frameworks for technology and business leaders. Updated as new coverage publishes.
From December, chat on advanced models and Codex will draw on one token allowance on Plus, Pro and Business plans. OpenAI has published no sizes, date or conversion rules, so teams should baseline usage and set a credit budget now.
November 1, 2026 · 9 min read
OpenAI's Codex Security Cloud scans GitHub repositories as commits land, tries to reproduce flaws in a sandbox and drafts fix PRs. It bills by the token with no per-scan estimate, so pilot it with a cap beside your SAST.
October 3, 2026 · 10 min read
Qwen-Audio 3.1 bills speech recognition in tokens: at 25 tokens per audio second it works out to about $0.02 an hour in Singapore, against $0.15-$0.26 at AssemblyAI and Deepgram. The catches are a five-minute request cap, per-channel billing and a residency decision.
September 27, 2026 · 10 min read