Hackers ran up a $600,000 AI bill after swiping API keys, says METR – and nobody realized for weeks

AI research non-profit METR has disclosed two security incidents – and while no sensitive information is believed to have been accessed, one of the attacks led to what might have been a massive bill.According to METR, attackers stole an API key for inference on public AI models in March, consuming $600,000 worth of credits. Luckily, the model...