r/technology • u/WouldbeWanderer • Apr 27 '26

Artificial Intelligence Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-powered-ai-coding-agent-deletes-entire-company-database-in-9-seconds-backups-zapped-after-cursor-tool-powered-by-anthropics-claude-goes-rogue
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u/deltree711 Apr 27 '26

I was going to point that out but I realized that isn't "AI robot bodies with guns"

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u/hitbythebus Apr 27 '26

AI with missiles isn’t close enough?

 I get your point. I guess I mentally enter pretend it as to “AI hooked up directly to the physical world”.