Wellington man gets shock $16,000 bill after using a Google AI-ready tool, Meridian culls 53 jobs as it offshores billing – Tech Insider

Wellington tech contractor Drew Broadley unexpectedly incurred a bill of $15,760 in May while using Google BigQuery, a data management and analysis tool within the Google Cloud Platform. He expressed concern about managing his family’s bills due to this financial surprise, despite believing his query—meant to retrieve timestamps for a client’s Google Analytics activity—was carefully constrained. This incident highlights the potential risks and costs associated with cloud-based data services.

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