Amazon pins December AWS outage on human error, not its AI bot
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Amazon says a December AWS outage was caused by human error rather than its AI coding assistant Kiro; the bot had operator-level access and bypassed the required two-person sign-off, triggering a 13-hour disruption to an AWS service in parts of mainland China. The incident was described as an extremely limited event, with a prior AI-related outage linked to Q Developer noted as well. Amazon says it has added safeguards and staff training to prevent repeats.
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