The hidden risks of vibe coding: 4 steps to protect your organization

You can’t be sure where that AI-generated code came from or what malware it might contain. These 4 steps help mitigate vibe-coding risk.

You’ve likely heard of vibe coding and very well may have conducted an experiment or two yourself, enlisting Claude or some other AI tool to create a simple website or an interactive game.  OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy coined the phrase with a tweet in February 2025.  In its simplest terms, vibe coding involves telling an AI program what you want to accomplish and having the AI create the code.  It uses natural language provided by the user to generate the software.