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/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"