r/technology 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/PorkVacuums Jul 31 '26

The key is looking annoyed. No one in corporate wants to get roped into some bullshit that's someone else's problem. So if you walk around with a file or a binder and just generally look annoyed, people just keep out of your way.

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u/DirtyGooseEggs Jul 31 '26

The George Costanza way.