Intelligence doesn't come cheap as AI drives up costs for the NSA, hospitals, and insurers
AI deployment and oversight are generating steep cost increases across public and private sectors, according to reporting cited by The Decoder. The NSA is spending billions on compute power to evaluate advanced AI models. Concurrently, US lawmakers estimate comprehensive AI oversight will require tens of billions annually—sharply exceeding earlier Congressional Budget Office estimates of $20 million—while AI-assisted billing codes increased US healthcare costs by nearly $1 billion across two years.