Amazon shuts down internal AI leaderboard after employees cheated
Summary
404 Media reports that Amazon shut down an internal AI leaderboard after employees cheated to climb the ranks. The article notes that the official line is the leaderboard ended after achieving its goal, but multiple employees claim it was easily gamed and encouraged wasteful AI usage; some even admit to cheating after management suggested they weren’t using AI enough. The piece is gated behind a paid membership.