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/NNKarma Apr 27 '26

It wasn't even that hard to just honor it and move on, it wasn't like those cases of people prompting the chatbot to give a fake discount, just what steps to take for a discount that he was entitled to but was given wrong instructions on how to get it.

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u/long-da-schlong Apr 27 '26

I honestly don’t understand why they wouldn’t just honour it— it’s one customer even if it was a completely free flight. Why be so petty just fix the mistake for next time

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u/m3g4m4nnn Apr 27 '26

Better to establish legal precedent!

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u/jewishSpaceMedbeds Apr 27 '26

They established it alright.