Amazon admits it accidentally shelled out $1.8 million for Claude to finish its menial coding tasks
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Blowing an 860% budget on Claude Sonnet for “menial” coding tasks is a clean example of AI spend running ahead of cost controls and workload design. If you’re rolling out coding assistants, you need hard usage caps, per-team cost dashboards, and clear rules on when to use premium models versus cheaper tiers.
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