New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Branden Jenkins was out for dinner when he checked his phone and discovered that a weekend coding session with an AI agent had cost him $1,000.

Jenkins, CEO of Atlanta-based software company Maxio, had been using Claude to write and debug code remotely. His account was configured to automatically replenish his token balance in $1,000 increments, meaning his card was charged without requiring another approval.

The incident was frustrating, but Jenkins said the bill itself was not his biggest concern.

"A thousand is not that much, I would say, but for one weekend, it's pretty annoying," he told Fortune. Describing his AI agent as "cooking away," he recalled his reaction as, "Wow, I just got here quickly."

Instead, ...