Technology
Amazon HR executive says she used AI tools to write 100,000 lines of code
The company is promoting internal AI tools and employee training while continuing past corporate workforce reductions.
The short version
- Amazon's HR leader shared that she authored over 100,000 lines of code using internal AI tools after a 25-year break from software development.
- More than 1,500 employees participated in an internal company competition aimed at building custom applications using AI assistance.
- Amazon announced it is funding free AI training and paying for one AWS AI certification exam annually for each employee.
- The internal push for AI adoption follows major corporate downsizing, including tens of thousands of layoffs announced in recent months.
Key facts
- Amazon HR leader Galetti stated in a company blog post that she wrote more than 100,000 lines of code using Amazon's AI coding tool Kiro and workplace assistant Aza.[Slashdot]
- More than 1,500 Amazon workers participated in an internal company contest called 'Everyone Can Build' to create automated tools and apps.[Slashdot]
- Amazon offers free AI training to all employees and covers the full cost of one AWS AI certification exam per year.[Slashdot]
- Galetti previously announced corporate workforce cuts of 16,000 jobs seven months prior, following a layoff of 14,000 corporate employees the preceding October.[Slashdot]
What remains uncertain
- It is unclear how much of the 100,000 lines of code was generated automatically by the AI software versus written manually.[Slashdot]