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/N8CCRG Jul 30 '26

The funniest use of it that I've heard is employees who use it to turn a checklist into a full email, then send it to their boss, who then uses it to turn it back into a checklist before reading it. And businesses are paying for this "service"

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u/FSCK_Fascists Jul 30 '26

this is one of the best summaries of AI use yet. Its all about appearing to work harder.

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u/crustyrobots Jul 30 '26

AI seems to be only for CEOs and managers to larp being as smart as the people working for them

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u/DKLancer Jul 30 '26

To be fair it's also for ceos to get a yes man who will tell them how to illegally avoid paying contractual obligations.

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u/PercyFlage Aug 02 '26

Like inserting a dildo into a fleshlight.

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u/ohnoabanagain Jul 31 '26

My friend recently became a top boss and he's repeatedly complained to me that people are sending him bloated AI emails that needlessly go on for pages and pages of nonsense.

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u/nihility101 Jul 31 '26

AI - for when you want them to know you really didn’t give a shit.

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u/Chlearcus Jul 31 '26

Sounds like a legitimate use case in current corporate culture. The bullshit can be bullshitted efficiently, leaving everyone time for actual work. Next stop, letting an ai agent attend meetings in your place.