Amazon Employees Are 'Tokenmaxxing' Due To Pressure To Use AI Tools

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By BeauHDMay 12, 2026, 5:00 pm123 ptsTrending
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Times (via Ars Technica): Amazon employees are using an internal AI tool to automate non-essential tasks in a bid to show managers they are using the technology more frequently. The Seattle-based group has started to widely deploy its in-house "MeshClaw"…

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