Another business unit walked away from a quarter-million-dollar AI commitment. We turned it into a revenue product.
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AI Estate · AI Security
Some bills topped $100,000 in a day. Resold access runs about $60 a month.
Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group traced the hijackings to stolen cloud credentials and exposed keys, and found the stolen access resold to underground subscribers through gateways built for the purpose.
Hijacked AI access can produce a spike in fraudulent charges within hours, unlike cryptojacking, which drains resources slowly. A company's AI budget assumes spending follows its own usage; here it follows whoever holds the key, and the charges can pile up before the compromise is detected.
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Another business unit walked away from a quarter-million-dollar AI commitment. We turned it into a revenue product.
Chief Technology & Security Officerglobal creative marketplace
Cost is a boardroom topic now. The question isn’t the bill — it’s whether anyone chose what the bill buys.
Head of AI EnablementFortune 100 insurer
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CEO Lokwon Kim claims 20 times longer battery life for robots that switch from Nvidia.
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Search and booking work in the US; cancellations and rebooking still go through Expedia support.
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