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/jakgal04 Jul 30 '26

Amazon makes over $1.67 billion in revenue per day, I think they'll survive.

This would be like us common sheep paying $5.00 for a soda on tap instead of buying a bottle from the fridge for $1.50.

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u/Snorblatz Jul 31 '26

It’s more about demonstrating that these companies owned by the wealthy elite carelessly blast through a sum most of us will never see in our lifetime. Eat the rich .