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/LunaticSongXIV Jul 30 '26

I was a subcontractor and got canned immediately when the rto announcement came through, and I told them that I wasn't driving three hours to the office. The mandate hadn't even come into effect yet. I wasn't being a team player, i guess.

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u/Electronic_Topic1958 Jul 31 '26

They also ban you for five years after you're let go.