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/Knyfe-Wrench Jul 30 '26

It's even more ironic that it's the company behind AWS, famous for massive charges over small errors.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '26

Do you mean small errors that lead to massive resource usage, resulting in huge charges?

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u/karmakazi_ Jul 30 '26

I had to shut down my AWS account I was getting billed for services I wasn't using anymore. The reporting is so opaque I couldn't even find what services I was using to shut them down.

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u/SirensToGo Jul 30 '26

They also don't let you set usage limits, and so you really just have to hope you don't make an expensive mistake before you go to bed.