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Memo: Amazon says measuring AI adoption solely by token usage or code generation is "deeply flawed," as it discourages staff from tokenmaxxing

Amazon laid out its AI usage guidelines for software engineers in a memo to staffers, and discouraged employees from turning to …

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Memo: Amazon says measuring AI adoption solely by token usage or code generation is "deeply flawed," as it discourages staff from tokenmaxxing

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