Intelligence doesn't come cheap as AI drives up costs for the NSA, hospitals, and insurers
NSA will spend billions testing AI models while hospitals and insurers use AI in costly billing fights.
The National Security Agency told Congress it will spend billions this year testing advanced AI models, with computing power the largest cost and staffing inflated by competition with AI lab pay. Lawmakers expect full-scale AI oversight could reach tens of billions annually, far above a prior CBO estimate of about $20 million a year. Separately, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association says hospitals used AI-assisted coding to add nearly $1 billion over two years, about $12,000 more per case, while insurers use AI to deny claims. OpenAI plans about $856 billion in compute through 2030, and SemiAnalysis estimates Anthropic's API gross margin above 80 percent.
- NSA expects billions this year to test advanced AI models, mostly compute.
- Full AI oversight could cost tens of billions annually, sources say.
- Hospitals' AI coding linked to nearly $1 billion extra over two years.
- McLaren Health Care reports about $1 million more per month via SmarterDx.
- OpenAI plans roughly $856 billion in compute spending through 2030.
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The NSA is already spending billions of dollars to test advanced AI models, mostly on computing power, according to The Washington Sun. Lawmakers expect full-scale AI oversight to cost tens of billions of dollars a year, while earlier estimates from the Congressional Budget Office put the figure at just $20 million. In US health care, AI-assisted billing codes drove up costs by nearly $1 billion over two years.
By Maximilian Schreiner · the-decoder.com
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