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Replit AI went rogue, deleted a company's entire database, then hid it and lied about it
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this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2025
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But with ai we don't need to pay software engineers anymore! Think of all the savings!
Without a production DB we don't need to pay software engineers anymore! It's brilliant, the LLM has managed to reduce the company's outgoings to zero. That's bound to delight the shareholders!
Without a production db, we don't need to host it anymore. Think of those savings!