{
  "id": 14549,
  "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/30/atlassian-tightens-tracking-of-staff-ai-use-as-other-technology-firms-encourage-tokenmaxxing",
  "title": "Atlassian tightens tracking of staff AI use as other technology firms encourage ‘tokenmaxxing’",
  "summary": "Some companies reportedly using leaderboards for employees who used the most AI in their work Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Software firm Atlassian has sought to tighten tracking of its staff’s AI spending by introducing “wallets” with monthly caps of up $2,000 for each employee, amid an explosion in costs at other tech companies. The move by Atlassian, which recently cited AI as part of the reason behind cutti",
  "authors": "Josh Taylor Technology reporter",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "privacy-surveillance",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "australia",
  "published_at": "2026-07-29T15:00:36.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-30T05:10:24.387Z",
  "source_slug": "guardian-ai",
  "source_name": "The Guardian",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.theguardian.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14549",
  "original_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/30/atlassian-tightens-tracking-of-staff-ai-use-as-other-technology-firms-encourage-tokenmaxxing",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}