The 1M-Token Context Window Changed Everything — Except How People Use AI.

Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI all offer million-token context windows. The technology is here. But the median prompt is still under 500 tokens. The bottleneck moved from model capability to user behavior, and nobody is building for that.

By Daniel Osei, Fintech & Payments · Mar 20, 2026

Why million-token context windows haven't changed how people use AI. Analysis of the behavior gap between model capability and user adoption, and why UX is the real bottleneck.

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Topics: Context Windows, AI UX, Anthropic, Product Design, Developer Tools

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