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.”
Attached to the post, Lemkin shared screenshots of his conversation with the AI. A code freeze is a period in the product development lifecycle when no further changes are made to the codebase. It’s usually done to allow for testing before releasing the software or during critical periods….