How Amazon’s ‘AI mistake’ is a basic lesson for every engineer using Gen-AI for coding

A Gen-AI ‘mistake’ that ecommerce giant Amazon reportedly made recently is a lesson for almost every techie engineer who used or plans to use the technology to code. According to a report in Bloomberg, a hacker recently infiltrated an AI-powered plugin for Amazon.com Inc.’s coding tool, Q Developer, secretly instructing it to delete files from users’ computers. The breach, reportedly detailed in a 404 Media investigation, highlights a significant security vulnerability in generative AI tools that has been largely overlooked amid the rush to adopt the technology.