"Tokenmaxxing" spreads at Amazon as employees game internal AI leaderboards

Amazon employees are reportedly gaming internal AI token leaderboards by using MeshClaw to create needless activity and inflate usage metrics.

The behavior follows Amazon’s push to track AI usage weekly and encourage developers to use AI more often.

Similar metric-gaming was previously reported at Meta, raising doubts about whether token-based leaderboards reflect real productivity.

The story underscores a broader risk: usage-based AI incentives can reward activity over actual business value.