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Is AI Really Cutting Costs and Boosting Efficiency, or Just Cutting Costs and Raising Laughs? Employee costs are down, but AI has become the biggest source of expenses!

AI到底是在降本增效还是「降本增笑」?员工成本降下去了,AI反而成为最大的成本来源了!

ThreadEast first recorded "Is AI Really Cutting Costs and Boosting Efficiency, or Just Cutting Costs and Raising Laughs? Employee costs are down, but AI has become the biggest source of expenses!" on Aug 6, 2026, 8:28 PM CST. It has been observed on Juejin, with 37 hours between the first and latest recorded appearances.

1 platformObserved span: 37 hoursLatest observation: Aug 8, 2026, 9:47 AM CST

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Latest recorded position: #23 on Aug 8, 2026, 9:47 AM CST.

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