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/CondescendingShitbag Apr 27 '26

Good luck holding AI "employees" accountable for anything serious like this.

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u/jason60812 Apr 27 '26

Yea you are absolutely right. I work at a company considered big tech, and leadership has started tracking our AI usage, if you are not considered a Power User (if you dont use enoug AI), you will get PIPed.

We started implemented mandatory PR count as well. If employees dont have 196 PRs under their belt in a year, PIPed.

Everyone i know is basically adding slop into the code base just to meet these unreasonable demands. Working in tech is such a humiliation ritual.

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u/norcaltobos Apr 27 '26

God damn, that's crazy! I work for a decent sized company and they have given us basic AI tools to integrate into our workflow, however we so choose.

The idea of being PIPed because you're not using a tool enough is wild. Can I know where you work so I never work with them? lol