AI’s $1.3M Coding Bill, Quantum, & the Pope's Message | Tech Field Day News Rundown: May 27, 2026

Tech Field Day News Rundown · May 27, 2026 · 36m

What happens when three developers burn through $1.3 million in AI compute in just 30 days? This week on the Tech Field Day News Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke break down the explosive cost of AI coding agents after OpenClaw revealed massive token usage powered by OpenAI systems, raising serious questions about whether autonomous development workflows are financially sustainable. They also discuss AT&T’s legal battle to shut down California’s copper phone network, Governor Gavin Newsom’s new AI workforce disruption initiative, IBM’s billion-dollar quantum chip foundry project…