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Amazon would rather blame its own engineers than its AI

AWS would rather blame engineers than AI

theregister.com

February 25, 2026

6 min read

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Summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) tends to attribute outages to human error rather than issues with its AI systems. The company faces challenges in maintaining transparency about its platform's reliability while managing perceptions of its technology.

Key Takeaways

AWS's AI tool, Kiro, was involved in an incident that resulted in the accidental deletion of production infrastructure in the Mainland China partition.
AWS's official response to the incident emphasized that the issue was due to human error rather than a failure of the AI tool.
The company has been criticized for prioritizing the defense of its engineers over acknowledging potential flaws in its AI technology.
AWS's crisis communication strategy has been described as defensive and dismissive, reflecting insecurity about its position in the AI market.

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