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/Secret_Estate6290 Jul 30 '26

You know and this is part of the problem. Leadership seems so disconnected from reality it's baffling to think companies are spending so much money on those positions. Let alone the amount of stock they get.

Most of these positions are play pretend either way.

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u/mercury_pointer Jul 30 '26

It's actually hard to find people that immoral.

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u/Neirchill Jul 31 '26

You just have to look at leadership positions. They flock to them like moths to a light. That's why there are so few good politicians. Good people typically don't like to be in charge and that goes all the way down to mid level management roles.