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A massive data breach is raising fresh alarms about third-party AI platforms. Researchers discovered twenty-two point seven terabytes of exposed data from AI aggregator three-oh-two-dot-ai, including chat logs, user prompts, corporate documents, and personal information affecting over eighteen million files. It's a stark reminder that convenience and confidentiality rarely travel together.
On the infrastructure side of AI, the so-called neocloud model is worth understanding. Companies like CoreWeave and Nebius rent Nvidia GPUs directly to AI labs, filling a gap the traditional hyperscalers weren't built to serve. Several of these firms cut their teeth in crypto mining before pivoting to AI compute — a transition that says a lot about where the money has moved.
And in a story that touches every Canadian Rogers customer, the telecom giant is adding a one point six percent surcharge on bills paid by credit card, effective January seventeenth. Rogers calls the practice increasingly common, which is technically true — but common doesn't always mean welcome, especially when household costs are already stretched thin.
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