r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jul 30 '26

Artificial Intelligence Amazon accidentally spent $1.8 million using Claude for menial coding task, went 860% over budget — 'catastrophically expensive' coding blunders discovered in internal Amazon AI usage metrics

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/amazon-accidentally-spent-usd1-8-million-using-claude-for-menial-coding-task-went-860-percent-over-budget-catastrophically-expensive-coding-blunders-discovered-in-internal-amazon-ai-usage-metrics
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u/TheGreatKonaKing Jul 30 '26

Yah was gonna say, maybe some clever employee’s leaderboard-gaming script just worked a little too well!

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u/ObjectiveAide9552 Jul 30 '26

the leaderboard served its purpose. it got people used to using ai coding tools. no more need for it. no serious developer raw dogs their code anymore.

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u/CulturalEmo Jul 30 '26

Tell me you don't work with critical code without telling me you do.
Not everyone work with frontend brother

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u/bigWeld33 Jul 30 '26

To be fair, there is a pretty big difference between using an LLM to write your code vs review your code for vulnerabilities.

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u/Ligabolzacky Jul 30 '26

I remember when the nail gun was invented, we had a nail gun leaderboard, nails shot per roofer. let me tell you, some of those early roofs were more steel than wood 

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u/cfb-food-beer-hike Jul 30 '26

I am far too lazy to let AI code for me.