Posted May 28, 2026 at 9:47 PM UTCEQuote“Don’t use AI just for the sake of using AI.”That’s what Amazon exec Dave Treadwell told employees after the company shuttered an internal leaderboard tracking which staff members use AI the most, the Financial Times reports:The decision came after the tool led some workers to assign AI agents — autonomous bots that can take actions on behalf of users — to carry out needless tasks in an apparent attempt to climb the rankings.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma RothLoading commentsGetting the conversation ready...The Verge DailyA free daily digest of the news that matters most.Email (required)
“Don’t use AI just for the sake of using AI.”
That’s what Amazon exec Dave Treadwell told employees after the company shuttered an internal leaderboard tracking which staff members use AI the most, the Financial Times reports: > The decision came after the tool led some workers to assign AI agents — autonomous bots that can take actions on behalf of users — to carry out needless tasks in an apparent attempt to climb the rankings. As computing becomes more expensive, employee “toxenmaxxing” reportedly increased costs at Amazon.
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