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AI Tokens are already being used as loyalty currency by brands

SAPO Notícias13 September 2026 at 15:07

Brands are transforming artificial intelligence tokens into loyalty units, integrating them into consumers' daily lives. This strategy allows customers to accumulate tokens by making simple purchases, such as paying for a coffee with a credit card, and then use them to interact with AI models.

Until now, tokens were mostly an invisible technical unit, used internally to measure the consumption of computational resources in artificial intelligence services. With this change, they now have a visible and tangible function for the ordinary consumer.

The proposed model resembles the traditional airline miles system, where each financial transaction generates an accumulable reward. In this way, brands create a new paradigm of customer relationship, combining AI technology with established marketing strategies.

Why this matters

Consumers are beginning to interact with AI in a more tangible way in their daily lives, being rewarded for simple purchase actions with access to technology that previously required direct payment. Brands are finding a new form of engagement that combines technology with traditional loyalty programs.

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