AI-Generated SQL: Enterprise Dream or Security Nightmare?
The idea of using an AI like GPT-5 or any LLM based tool to generate SQL from natural language sounds like a productivity goldmine. Ask the AI a question, and it automatically writes and executes the perfect query. Insight on demand. No SQL expertise needed. But beneath this automation lies a serious threat. Giving AI systems free rein to generate and run SQL against your production database is not just risky—it could be catastrophic.