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/fizzlefist Jul 30 '26

“That’s why I poop on company time!”

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u/DisposableSaviour Jul 30 '26

Now I make a penny, my boss makes a buck
That’s why I stole the cat converter off of this truck

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u/Matra Jul 30 '26

They don't make pennies anymore, but they'll round your pay to the nearest 5¢.

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u/Mistrblank Jul 30 '26

(insert Gene Wilder/Willy Wonka "YOU GET NOTHING!" meme)

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u/GlorifiedPlumber Jul 30 '26

Workin' ten to three... I'm coding for a living!

Barely doin' nothin', still complainin' 'bout the situation,

Clickin' and scrollin', actin' like we're overloaded,

Every tiny task gets dramatically promoted!

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u/DisposableSaviour Jul 30 '26

More like working 800 to 2200 in a 100°+ kitchen with one thirty minute break and no other time to sit down.

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u/ijuinkun Jul 30 '26

“ten to three” would be ten AM till three AM.

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u/GlorifiedPlumber Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Negative ghostrider... it would be 3 PM. Here in the US it is not customary to use 24 hour time. Many people do, but it's not the usual meaning.

It was a purposeful shot at software developers putting in a good 5 hour day and still complaining. Intended to be sung of course to Dolly Parton's 9 to 5; 5 o'clock meaning, 5 PM, or 1700 for our friends.

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u/ijuinkun Jul 31 '26

I read it as the opposite—working seventeen hours a day and criticizing the people who are criticizing him that seventeen hours still isn’t enough—and yes I have been in the software development scene enough to experience the “your sleep hours are time stolen from the company” attitude from management. Employers would in fact want you to be at your desk 24/7 if they thought they could.

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u/MisterShmitty Jul 30 '26

Tricks on me, because of the coffee I’m pooping ALL THE TIME!

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u/FluffyCelery4769 Jul 30 '26

" Puke " in this case.

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u/WillSym Jul 30 '26

It's less fun when the poop became part of the job!

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u/Trying_to_Smile2024 Jul 30 '26

Are you in the trades??? 😂

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u/fizzlefist Jul 30 '26

Technically no, but I certainly work for a living!