Why AI Subscriptions Are About to Break (Tokenomics Explained)

Why are AI subscriptions about to break? This week's AI podcast unpacks tokenomics, the gym-membership flaw in ChatGPT and Claude pricing, and what happens when AI agents start running 50,000 queries a minute instead of one human at a time. Plus Huawei's 7nm chip independence, the Musk vs Altman trial, and what Meta's Indiana data center should look like if big tech borrowed the solar industry's community-benefit playbook.Key topics covered:AI tokenomics and why subscription pricing collapses under agentic workloadsHuawei 7nm chips running DeepSeek and Kimi K2 outside U.S. controlOpen-source vs closed-weights vs closed AI models, in plain EnglishThe Musk vs Altman OpenAI trial and the $151 billion questionWhether OpenAI ends up as a U.S. government arm of AIAlpha School, $100K teacher salaries, and AI in K-12 compensationMeta's Lebanon, Indiana data center and community-benefit agreementsBottom line: the AI economy is about to reprice itself, and the people who quietly benefit from that shift will not be the same people getting billed for it.About Julie Koehrer:On-Air Personality at Lafayette Q106.7. 15+ years in radio and broadcast.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/Resources mentioned:OpenAI → https://openai.comAnthropic (Claude) → https://www.anthropic.comHuawei → https://www.huawei.comDeepSeek → https://www.deepseek.comKimi K2 → https://www.moonshot.cnAlpha School → https://alpha.schoolEmpire of AI by Karen Hao → https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780593657508/empireofaiWork with Jason → jason@mycitizen.aiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIONewsletters(No Code CAIO) → https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7399599285849346048(School's Out Notes from the Field) schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notes-issue-1Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → jason@mycitizen.aiSchool's Out Saturdays → https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/AGI Podcast shows:School's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every Monday, 30-45 minutesThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no time limitWebsite: schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/networkFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOTools Jason recommends:MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett