A growing number of CIOs are discovering that the real AI problem is not how many tokens a system burns, but how much useful work survives the burn.
Enterprises are finding that the harder problem is not building with AI, but keeping track of tools, agents, costs, and ownership before experimentation turns into an ungovernable patchwork.
As enterprises rush to automate with generative AI, the harder problem is no longer capability alone - it is controlling spend, limiting what the system can touch, and stopping bad output before it becomes a business decision.
Using token consumption to drive AI adoption can create a leaderboard for spending, not a scorecard for value.
The Korea launch highlights a quieter front in AI security: governance, data handling, and token spend controls now matter as much as model quality.