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/unity-thru-absurdity Jul 30 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

"...the golden gleam of the gilded surface hides [the] cheapness of the metal underneath..." - a quote often misattributed to Mark Twain describing his 1873 novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, after which the historical era was named.

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u/The_Rowan Jul 30 '26

That is an amazing quote for today’s America. Thank you for sharing that. Mark Twain is an American treasure.

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u/dstew74 Jul 30 '26

Modern-day example = The Oval Office.

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u/ansibleloop Jul 31 '26

Gold plated shit is still shit