# 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

> Amazon has several internal reports that show how AI is causing the company to overspend on various projects. The Financial Times reports that the cost overruns reached $1. 8 million, and that is just for one project.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](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?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a6b9574e6258eb0f99ecb03)
- **Published:** 2026-07-30
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #claude #ai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a6b9574e6258eb0f99ecb03

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