One AI keyword per post, helping you truly understand it from an industry perspective. Episode 3｜Token In the AI era, Token is 'king.' Token is the fundamental unit of measurement for AI large models to process text. AI-generated content and data processing consume computational power, measured in Tokens. About 4 Chinese characters ≈ 3 AI Tokens. Using AI APIs charges based on Tokens, which is why they say 'raising lobsters' is 'burning money.'