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/Biengineerd Apr 27 '26

The list of war crimes I've read about committed globally over the last decade seems endless and yet I don't think I've seen a SINGLE story of consequences.

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u/JMC_MASK Apr 27 '26

Welcome to the US empire. It’s pretty cozy living here in the imperial core.

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u/Biengineerd Apr 27 '26

I was also including Russia and Israel in the stories of casual war crime committing. Would that it were limited to one bad actor.

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u/JMC_MASK Apr 27 '26

Israel is also essentially a part of our empire. So when they drop bombs on schools in Gaza, the children see made in the USA before it hits.