BREAKING
Agent Loops Push AI Costs Up to 15x
Workflows vs Agents
The Reason-Act-Observe Loop
1Reason
2Act
3Observe
4Repeat
Loops Cost Several to 15x More
Standard chat1
Single-agent4
Multi-agent15
Worth It, But Watch the Risks
Payoff
Multi-file edits
Automated PR reviews
Skill verification
Risks
Cost surge
Coherence drift
Sandbox needed
Not For Every Developer Yet
AI NEWS BLITZ
Developers are turning to agent loops, even as costs climb sharply.