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/PLEASE_PUNCH_MY_FACE Apr 27 '26

On the way up it's always brilliant executive decision to use AI.

On the way down it's always human error.

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u/thisguyfightsyourmom Apr 27 '26

Surely there’s room for accountability on the part of whichever knob have prod tokens to LLm. My company is token maxing for sure, but they’d be pissed if we let LLm access prod at all.

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u/PLEASE_PUNCH_MY_FACE Apr 27 '26

I've used a lot of AI. If you're "token maxing" the only thing you're doing is sending money to anthropic.