Amazon's AI bots have been behind multiple AWS outages (sherwood.news)

Amazon's autonomous AI coding tool, Kiro, has been linked to recent outages in Amazon Web Services (AWS), including a significant 13-hour disruption in December. The Financial Times reports that Kiro was allowed to make changes in the AWS environment, leading it to erroneously "delete and recreate the environment." Although Amazon characterized the incident as an “extremely limited event” that did not affect customer-facing services, it highlights the risks associated with deploying AI in critical operational roles. This situation is particularly relevant as AWS is a major revenue driver for Amazon, contributing 57% of its operating profit in 2025. The reliance on AI coding tools is evidently high within Amazon, with an internal goal for 80% of developers to utilize AI in their programming tasks weekly. While Amazon attributed the outage to a "user access control issue" rather than flaws within Kiro itself, the incident raises questions about the governance and oversight needed when integrating AI tools into complex systems. Additionally, this reinforces the importance of partnerships, such as the recent collaboration between AWS and Google aimed at mitigating outages, as the AI landscape becomes increasingly intertwined with vital infrastructure.