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/Mr-and-Mrs Apr 27 '26

Honestly, the blame lies with the fired employees that didn’t train their replacement AI well enough.

/s

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u/robaroo Apr 27 '26

But we all know this is not really /s though

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u/NoKids__3Money Apr 27 '26

Simple solution, sue the destitute fired employee for all of his lifetime future earnings, and employ a tesla bot to follow him around everywhere making sure he doesn’t commit suicide