Amazon issues AI usage guidelines discouraging token usage as a performance metric
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Amazon publishes an internal memo for software engineers saying token usage, AI tool adoption rates and code changes remain "deeply flawed" measures of AI usage.
The memo, circulated in September and posted on a Tuesday in October, says these metrics should be weighed "with care and judgment" alongside other data. It also tells employees not to use AI when it does not benefit a task.
An Amazon spokesperson says the company has not set caps on employees' token usage.
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AIAmazon's internal memo, circulated in September and posted Tuesday, says metrics such as token usage, AI tool adoption rates and code changes remain "deeply flawed" measures of AI usage. The company says token usage and code generation should be weighed "with care and judgment" alongside other data, and that employees should not use AI when it does not benefit a task.
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