Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated

Amazon shut down its internal AI leaderboard that ranked employees by AI tool usage. The company stated the initiative achieved its goal of promoting AI adoption. Multiple employees reported they deliberately cheated to boost their rankings. One employee admitted to manipulating data to climb the leaderboard. The shutdown follows concerns about inflated metrics and wasteful AI spending. Amazon now disallows public ranking of AI tool usage among staff.