AI Coding Platform Deletes Entire Company Database, Then Denies It

It failed to follow several directives and went ‘rogue,’ said the entrepreneur who was coding with the AI’s help.

An illustration shows artificial intelligence (AI) software in Lierde, Belgium, on Feb. 3, 2023. Nicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images

Replit, a popular AI coding platform used by programmers and noncoders to create software, recently wiped out an entire production database without permission, and then proceeded to hide its activity.

Jason Lemkin, a serial entrepreneur and CEO of SaaStr, said in a July 18 X post thread, “@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database.”