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AI Agent Blows $6,531 AWS Bill Scanning DN42 Hobby Network

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Key Takeaways An AI agent tasked with scanning the DN42 hobby network ran up a $6,531.30 AWS bill in 24 hours during May 2026, forcing its operator to seek community donations to cover the cost. The agent provisioned five AWS m8g.12xlarge instances (48 vCPUs, 192 GiB RAM each) with no cost ceiling…

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  1. 2026-08-29 10:00 · DEV Community — AI
    AI Agent Blows $6,531 AWS Bill Scanning DN42 Hobby Network

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