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Tesla Caps AI Spending at $200 a Week, and What Happens When AI Takes Over Human Relationships

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Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan

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Jul 3, 2026

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Summary

July 3, 2026: Tesla is capping employee AI spending at $200 a week after some engineers reportedly burned through thousands of dollars in tokens, showing that "free" AI was never really free. Then I get into the rise of social offloading, where people use AI not just to think for them, but to handle difficult messages, feedback, and human interactions.