Cloud and AI vendors are creating expensive lock-in and uncontrolled future risks
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-08-04
The author warns companies not to let cloud providers and AI vendors lock them into expensive, uncontrolled futures. The core concern is that firms are outsourcing key decisions to AI systems they do not control, while building on infrastructure they also do not control.
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