AWS's Kiro AI Coding Tool Faces Backlash Over High Pricing
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Summary
AWS has introduced new pricing for its AI-driven coding tool, Kiro, which has been criticized by users as excessively expensive compared to initial expectations. The tool, a fork of Code OSS, offers AI coding assistance based on specifications and tasks. Users, including open-source engineers, have expressed disappointment with the updated pricing plans.
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"AWS introduced Kiro last month as a fork of Code OSS (also used by Visual Studio Code) with a distinctive approach to AI coding assistance, based on specifications and tasks."
"Coming soon" pricing was shown from the start, and looked reasonable, as we report.
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