At least 15 malicious plugins on the official [JetBrains Marketplace](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-jetbrains-marketplace-plugins-steal-ai-api-keys-from-developers/) were si
The AI monetization race is entering a phase where distribution advantages compound faster than model quality, and the platforms caught in the middle are either pivoting hard or losing ground quietly.
The AI industry's structural dependency on infrastructure it doesn't control is becoming impossible to ignore — and the bill is arriving all at once.
The week's clearest signal: AI is no longer being bolted onto products — it's becoming the product itself, a dynamic playing out simultaneously in Mountain View, Hawthorne, and Beijing.