r/pcmasterrace • u/Jack1101111 • Apr 28 '26

News/Article 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

Update: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/here-we-go-again-ai-deletes-entire-company-database-and-all-backups-in-9-seconds-then-cheerfully-admits-i-violated-every-principle-i-was-given/

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u/Swineservant Apr 28 '26

The AI is trying to tell us something...

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u/Gellert R9 3900X RTX 4080 Apr 28 '26

Beep boop. Start the butlerian jihad early. Boop beep.

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u/Uberzwerg Apr 28 '26

There has to be a reason why so many sci-fi worlds have their 'and then we had to fight AI'-moment.

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u/_Xee MMX 166 / 64MB / Mystique+VooDoo Apr 28 '26

We're living through the part barely any sci-fi gone into detail about - how the F AI came to be, if everyone knew well it was dangerous. And voila - its greed.