# Bad Influence story: Jeff Dean says he would accept engineers spending up to $10M a year on AI tools

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 11:03. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/5bce9eab-482f-47fa-abce-af96525b6694

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Latest update (11-11 11:03): Jeff Dean says engineers could spend up to $10M a year on AI tools

Overview: Jeff Dean says he would be comfortable with engineers spending up to $10 million per year on AI tools. The remark was made in an interview with Deedy (@deedydas) on the Menlo stage, which also covered Discovery Loop, candidate interviews, recursive self-improvement, and Dean's own developer setup. Deedy says a video of the interview is due out soon. The only source so far is Deedy's post and a quote attributed to Dean, so the statement's context and any conditions attached to the spending figure have not been reported.

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1. 11-11 11:03 · Deedy · [Jeff Dean says engineers could spend up to $10M a year on AI tools](https://badinfluence.news/items/cxymwl9l9081ul9x66bn4df7v)
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