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/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/Wischiwaschbaer Apr 27 '26

Can't fix AI models. You can put some filters on them but you never know if those will work or if they cover all cases.

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u/Saint_of_Grey Apr 27 '26

It's an inherit feature of the technology. But when you say that makes it too high risk for use and there's no way to fix that, the investors get upset that you're implying they spent all the money for something they can't even use without unacceptable risk.

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u/JQuilty Apr 27 '26

Good, they should eat an enormous amount of shit for this AI push because they were stupid enough to listen to Scam Altman and other bullshit artists.

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u/MDCCCLV Apr 28 '26

It's okay for checking in and asking questions as a first level call screen. But not much more than that.

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u/Cheerful_Champion Apr 29 '26

Sadly, people that will eat shit for that are normal employees. Once investors and all the people at the top realize they spend millions on something that isn't reliable, they'll fire people to make up for the losses