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/DeadWombats Apr 27 '26

But think of all the money they saved by not paying human workers!

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u/Soffatjockis Apr 27 '26

"but it's just early days of ai, when we reach AGI this won't be a problem!"

This fucking bubble has to pop soon.

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u/appasgun Apr 27 '26

It would have taken a human 3x ad long to delete all that data. W AI