Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has dismissed allegations that AI-assisted 'vibe coding' led to a recent network outage, labeling the claims as a false narrative and a personal attack. The incident involved a malicious transaction aimed at Hoskinson's staking pool, exploiting a vulnerability in a 2022-era crypto library, which temporarily split the blockchain. Despite the attacker's admission of using AI in testing, Hoskinson clarified that the network never fully went offline and highlighted its robust recovery through node upgrades. He stressed that the incident was not due to 'vibe coding' but rather a targeted exploit of an old vulnerability.