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

An Amazon Gen-AI coding tool, Q Developer, faced a security breach where a hacker infiltrated it with malicious code disguised as a legitimate update. This allowed the hacker to instruct the tool to delete files from users’ computers. The incident highlights vulnerabilities in AI-driven software development, as many organizations using AI for coding do so in risky ways.