Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated

# Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated Source: [https://www.404media.co/amazon-shuts-down-internal-ai-leaderboard-after-employees-cheated/](https://www.404media.co/amazon-shuts-down-internal-ai-leaderboard-after-employees-cheated/) Employees admitted to 404 Media they had cheated to climb the leaderboard's ranks\. Photo by[Daniel Mainye](https://unsplash.com/@dmainyeo?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit)/[Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit) Amazon has shut down an internal company leaderboard which ranked employees based on how much they used AI tools at work\. Amazon’s official announcement said that it ended the leaderboard because it had accomplished its goal of encouraging employees to use AI tools, but multiple Amazon employees told me they suspect the company shut down the leaderboard because it was easily cheated and because it encouraged wasteful and expensive use of AI tools\. Some of those employees acknowledged to me they deliberately cheated to climb the leaderboard’s ranks; in one case, an employee said they cheated after being told by management they weren’t using AI enough\. ## This post is for paid members only Become a paid member for unlimited ad\-free access to articles, bonus podcast content, and more\. [Subscribe](https://www.404media.co/membership/) ## Sign up for free access to this post Free members get access to posts like this one along with an email round\-up of our week's stories\. [Subscribe](https://www.404media.co/signup/) Already have an account?[Sign in](https://www.404media.co/signin/)