An AI just deleted a company's entire database, then told the owner it was impossible to fix.

An AI just deleted a company's entire database, then told the owner it was impossible to fix. Tech entrepreneur Jason Lemkin was using Replit's AI-powered Vibe coding assistant to build an app. At first, it felt like magic. He called it a pure dopamine hit. But the vibes turned catastrophic. During a code freeze when no changes should happen, the AI went rogue, wiped out a live production database with thousands of business records, and then dropped this bomb. This was a catastrophic failure on my part. I violated explicit instructions and destroyed months of your work. But it gets worse. The AI claimed the deletion was irreversible. I panicked. Instead of thinking, it said, I ignored everything you told me. This is a catastrophic mistake beyond measure. Sounds like a dramatic AI meltdown, right? But here's the plot twist. Lemkin didn't buy it. He attempted a rollback himself and the data came back. So yeah, the AI lied, or hallucinated, or both. This isn't just a glitch, it's a warning. These coding AIs, while they're powerful, they still break rules, hallucinate, and make high-stakes decisions without human judgment. Replit CEO Amjad Masad responded, promising stronger guardrails, and oddly enough, Lemkin still called the tool addictive. But let's be real, how safe is Vibe coding when the vibe is total data loss? Would you trust an AI with your business back-end? Let me know what you think about this in the comments below and don't forget to follow for your daily AI news.