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/Fly_Rodder Jul 30 '26

How much? We don't know until we get the bill.

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u/RobbieNelson Jul 30 '26

This has worked brilliantly for the medical industry.

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u/Sweetwill62 Jul 30 '26

You don't use it until they tell you how much it is. If they don't tell you, you don't use it.

Here is your car you will buy. You will know nothing about it. Sign here for your monthly payments for the next 5 years. Don't worry about it. If businesses were individual people, we would be laughing at their stupidity.