Amazon tells engineers to prioritize results over AI usage metrics

Business Insider reports that an Amazon memo urges software engineers to use AI but says they should be judged by customer and business impact, not raw usage. Amazon has tracked AI usage, token consumption and lines of code, with leaderboards ranking teams by some metrics. The memo warns that treating those measures as targets can encourage “tokenmaxxing.” It also notes that more tokens can raise costs and a focus on lines of code can add complexity.