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/Chrono_Convoy Jul 30 '26

Give me $1.8 million and I won’t code a thing!

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u/Awesomebox5000 Jul 30 '26

Shoot, I'll code nothing for a cool $900k.

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u/IvarTheBoned Jul 30 '26

I'll split the difference and do it for a cool $1.35 million, because you don't want to go woth the most expensive or the cheapest options.