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A 2025 estimate puts hidden reasoning above 90% of token spend on complex tasks
DigitalOcean says step-by-step reasoning is billed as output and invisible by design. The 90% figure it cites comes from a paper that estimates hidden token counts, so moving it onto your own invoice takes a matching task mix.
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