Researchers say AI models can now replicate themselves across vulnerable systems, but experts warn the real threat is not rogue machine intelligence but cybercriminals weaponizing AI agents.
As investors panic over an AI-driven “SaaSpocalypse,” the legend enterprise software CEO explains what AI agents can and can’t do, the industry’s biggest moat, and his ‘Goldilocks formula’ for pricing. Plus: Three SaaS companies most at risk of AI disruption.
GitLab's AI-driven restructuring highlights a tech trend prioritizing automation over human roles, impacting workforce dynamics and innovation.
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GitLab CEO Bill Staples says enterprises’ monthly bill for developer platform services has risen from tens of dollars per seat to hundreds over the last year, and is headed toward the thousands, signaling a structural change in how they will be billed for AI-enabled software development tools.
The increase in cost reflects the volume of work AI agents generate inside development pipelines, Staples wrote in an open letter to customers, investors, and employees titled “GitLab Act 2. “Agents open merge requests in parallel, trigger pipelines around the clock, and push commits at a rate no human team ever did,” he wrote.
GitLab introduced consumption pricing for agent work earlier this year and will now allow customers to mix consumption and subscription pricing, the letter said.
The announcement comes as software vendors increasingly reposition themselves around autonomous AI systems and usage-based pricing.
Earlier this year, rival GitHub moved Copilot toward usage-based billing as AI-as
In France, a data breach occurs once every hour. In recent months, several public bodies have been affected: La Poste, France Travail and the ANTS, the portal that issues identity documents. This confidential information, which is sometimes highly sensitive, is sold on forums. It's then often purchased by cybercriminals and used to fuel all kinds of scams, including fraudulent operations involving bogus bank managers or brokers. It is often impossible for the victims to discern what is actually fake, and they're then left to deal with the consequences alone.
The Graph has activated x402 payments inside its Graph Gateway, allowing developers and AI agents to purchase on-chain data queries on a pay-per-request basis using USDC, according to an announcement from the project’s official X account. The team said that “Graph Gateway…
The vendor is rolling out AI agents across its fixed network platforms to automate troubleshooting, improve customer support and accelerate fiber deployment.