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Tom's Hardware October 10, 2026 By Jowi Morales neutral

Free Steam demo runs up $1,000 daily AI bill and forces devs to take out bank loan

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Easy Fox were surprised by the number of users and didn't expect that the demo's popularity would cause its AI expenses to go that high.
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