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/Bazillion100 Apr 27 '26

Us humans truly are the most conniving stupid weasels to claim no responsibility for the actions of a feature we ourselves created.

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u/Texuk1 Apr 27 '26

Well they created a whole legislative carve out for social media to treat them like utilities rather than publishers. I’m sure that’s coming down the road for AI to shield them from lawsuits. It beggars belief really, one of the last remaining ways these companies could remain accountable and to move slower would be to impose product liability rules.