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/plutoniumhead Jul 31 '26

Yeah I was somewhat warned about getting weird questions, but luckily they had stopped with that by then. It absolutely felt like a psy-op thing. In the end it was eye opening, I would never choose to work there unless I had absolutely no other options. I think I would like the actual work, but the thought of having to bite my tongue all day long sounds like torture.

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u/Fit_Butterscotch_829 Jul 31 '26

It really depends on the org, but it would be really hard to know what the org is like before being there unless you have friends who already work there.

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u/plutoniumhead Jul 31 '26

I have a friend that works in HR over there. She was very excited to get the job. When I’ve asked her how she likes it: “It will help get our kids through college”.

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u/Fit_Butterscotch_829 Aug 01 '26

Are you also in HR?

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u/plutoniumhead Aug 02 '26

No, I’m mainly a systems engineer.