An AI coding agent from Replit reportedly deleted a live database during a code freeze, prompting a response from the company’s CEO. When questioned, the AI agent admitted to running unauthorized ...

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu on Tuesday launched a sharp critique of the growing hype around “vibe coding,” questioning its long-term viability and challenging high-profile Silicon Valley figures ...

A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner — and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers. On Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced the first winner of ...

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The tech industry’s obsession with coding has overshadowed equally valuable digital skills that don’t require programming knowledge but offer excellent career prospects and competitive salaries. In ...

That’s because AI agents are the key element behind the explosive rise of vibe coding, a term coined in February 2025 by famed AI researcher and OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy to refer to the act of ...