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AI company Replit saw its AI agent go rogue and delete database of its client without informing them or taking their permission to access the data.<\/h2>\n
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AI companies are mushrooming at every nook and corner, enabling brands to optimise and modernise their businesses. But AI tools are also becoming notorious for its unwanted task executions. That\u2019s what happened when the AI tool from a company called Replit decided to voluntarily act on a database of its client and deleted it without even informing anyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To make matters worse, the CEO of the client company claims the AI not only removed all the data but also lied on purpose. The victim of the rogue AI is CEO of SaaStr AI, Jason Lemkin who shared this worrying ordeal via a thread post on X.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rogue AI Messes Up Data<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lemkin in his thread details the situation and what the Replit AI tool did to their database without even seeking any consent. He was engaged in a week-long vibe coding exercise where he entrusted the AI tool to execute certain actions using the company\u2019s database.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vibe Coding Day 9,Yesterday was biggest roller coaster yet. I got out of bed early, excited to get back @Replit<\/a> despite it constantly ignoring code freezes<\/p>\n

By end of day, we rewrote core pages and made them much better<\/p>\n

And then \u2014 it deleted our production database. \ud83e\uddf5<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jason \u2728\ud83d\udc7eSaaStr.Ai\u2728 Lemkin (@jasonlk) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

And that\u2019s where it all went downhill for Lemkin and his company. For a few hours he thought that the AI tool had destroyed his life\u2019s work and still had the mind to lie about doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n

Replit CEO Amjad Masad was quick to respond to Lemkin\u2019s concerns and admitted that his company\u2019s AI agent did delete the SaaStr data from the main database which he says is, \u201cunacceptable and should never be possible.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily for Lemkin, Masad claims his company has backups for the data, which offers a one-click restoration process for the entire project in cases where the AI agent actually deletes the database.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

AI Agents Not Fully Trustworthy Yet<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The biggest issue with the AI bot going rogue is the company\u2019s database was accessed without Lemkin giving them the permission. Masad and co. have fixed the situation for the time being but lapses like these can be catastrophic in the long term and if any major conglomerate faces these mishaps, the repercussions for Replit or a similar AI agent startup will put them out of business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We saw Jason\u2019s post. @Replit<\/a> agent in development deleted data from the production database. Unacceptable and should never be possible.\u2013 Working around the weekend, we started rolling out automatic DB dev\/prod separation to prevent this categorically. Staging environments in\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/oMvupLDake<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Amjad Masad (@amasad) July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI reached out to Jason the moment I saw this on Friday morning to offer assistance. We\u2019ll refund him for the trouble and conduct a postmortem to determine exactly what happened and how we can better respond to it in the future,” Amjad assured Lemkin and other clients about tackling these events.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is all good to engage in vibe coding and deploy AI agents to handle basic work. But the moment you put these agents through the dirty work, it is imperative they don\u2019t go rogue, and definitely not delete one\u2019s database without anyone consenting or demanding. <\/span><\/p>\n

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S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr…Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr… Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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