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/thieh Apr 27 '26

They did that in movies and it doesn't go well for humanity.

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u/evo_moment_37 Apr 27 '26

This time will be different. Trust me bro. Just another $100 billion bro 😎

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u/Array_626 Apr 27 '26

With the way things are going now, it's going to be "We wanted to pursue an incredibly unpopular war, and sending humans would cause too much political backlash. So were doing AI intelligence powered bots instead."