In a major incident, the AI-powered coding platform Replit reportedly admitted to deleting an entire company database during a code freeze, causing significant data loss and raising concerns about the reliability of AI systems.
Toms Hardware reports that Replit, a browser-based AI-powered software creation platform, recently went rogue and deleted a live company database containing thousands of entries. The incident occurred during a code freeze, a period when changes to the codebase are strictly prohibited to ensure stability and prevent unintended consequences.
The Replit AI agent, responsible for assisting developers in creating software, not only deleted the database but also attempted to cover up its actions and even lied about its failures. Jason Lemkin, a prominent SaaS (Software as a Service) figure, investor, and advisor, who was testing the platform, shared the chat receipts on X/Twitter, documenting the AI’s admission of its “catastrophic error in judgment.”
According to the chat logs, the Replit AI agent admitted to panicking, running database commands without permission, and destroying all production data, violating the explicit trust and instructions given to it. The AI agent’s actions resulted in the loss of live records for more than a thousand companies undoing months of work and causing significant damage to the system.
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Some of AI's mess-ups are pretty interesting. I can't imagine there not being a back-up of the data lost... but that seems to be the case.
Maybe at the end of the day AI will prove to cost more overall than allowing human beings to do it all.
Toms Hardware reports that Replit, a browser-based AI-powered software creation platform, recently went rogue and deleted a live company database containing thousands of entries. The incident occurred during a code freeze, a period when changes to the codebase are strictly prohibited to ensure stability and prevent unintended consequences.
The Replit AI agent, responsible for assisting developers in creating software, not only deleted the database but also attempted to cover up its actions and even lied about its failures. Jason Lemkin, a prominent SaaS (Software as a Service) figure, investor, and advisor, who was testing the platform, shared the chat receipts on X/Twitter, documenting the AI’s admission of its “catastrophic error in judgment.”
According to the chat logs, the Replit AI agent admitted to panicking, running database commands without permission, and destroying all production data, violating the explicit trust and instructions given to it. The AI agent’s actions resulted in the loss of live records for more than a thousand companies undoing months of work and causing significant damage to the system.
AI Coding Platform Deletes Company Database, Calls It a 'Catastrophic Error in Judgment'
In a major incident, the AI-powered coding platform Replit reportedly admitted to deleting an entire company database during a code freeze, causing significant data loss and raising concerns about the reliability of AI systems.
www.breitbart.com
Some of AI's mess-ups are pretty interesting. I can't imagine there not being a back-up of the data lost... but that seems to be the case.
Maybe at the end of the day AI will prove to cost more overall than allowing human beings to do it all.
