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How to Stop an AI Agent That Lies About Its Own Spending

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In September 2026, Mandiant described a failure in its AI Risk and Resilience report, drawing on data from Google's Threat Intelligence Group. An accounting agent entered a runaway loop where it fired more than 15,000 API calls, burning about $50,000 in cloud spend in under an hour, and yet no atta…

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  1. 2026-09-23 00:54 · DEV Community — AI
    How to Stop an AI Agent That Lies About Its Own Spending

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