**[AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48945241)**
AWS users reported wildly inaccurate estimated billing data, with some seeing costs in the millions or billions, likely due to a calculation error confusing gigabytes with bytes. This incident sparked discussion about an AWS invoicing job description heavily focused on generative AI and large language models, questioning the use of non-deterministic AI for critical financial systems.
_HN · 400 pts · 276 comments_
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