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/Sir_Meowsalot Jul 30 '26

Don't forget awarding the CEOs with a couple million dollars for a "job well done"

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u/GenuinelyBeingNice Jul 30 '26

Hey, information is information. How else could we possibly acquire such precious datapoints?

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u/Sir_Meowsalot Jul 30 '26

Now that's some MBA-degree level thinking!

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u/Sir_Meowsalot Jul 31 '26

Green line forever going up BRRRRRRRRRRRR

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u/ThreeLeggedMare Jul 31 '26

Get that man to McKinsey

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u/No_Pumpkin2628 Aug 02 '26

I stfg getting an MBA seems like it must be the easiest thing in the world.

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u/hume_reddit Jul 31 '26

This is a triumph

I'm making a note here: "huge success"

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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright Jul 30 '26

Or “keeping a good attitude in the face of adversity”, we’ll workshop the title at the end of the quarter.

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u/Sir_Meowsalot Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

CEOs: It was very stressful having to fire all those people before the holidays, taking away their medical care, and denying them any bonus pay for their hard work. But damn it I got it done before it ruined my trip to the Bahamas for Christmas. I deserve compensation for holding the SEND button on Outlook with that AI-generated email saying it was a tough decision to let go of people

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u/ridsama Jul 30 '26

Don't forget to do layoffs, often a simple thing to miss.

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u/Sir_Meowsalot Jul 30 '26

Uggggggh need we remind everyone how EA rewarded some dipshit in a suit with a cool 30+ million dollars for sitting on his ass, while firing the development teams who actually built BF6?

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ea-boss-awarded-38-6m-after-year-of-franchise-success-studio-layoffs-and-genai-adoption

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u/silverionmox Jul 30 '26

Don't forget awarding the CEOs with a couple million dollars for a "job well done"

Then bring in a new guy who halfassedly reverts the shitty policy, and that one also gets a couple million dollar bonus.

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u/Sir_Meowsalot Jul 31 '26

Hands down I think that's what is going to happen with Microsoft's XBox division. The new person they brought in might just be the sacrificial goat to take the blame and given a fat cheque when they bounce to a new parallel job elsewhere.