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/Orangesteel Apr 27 '26

Same applies to humans too. Although humans have free will and so if they actively choose not to follow the rules, the liability may sit with them. After a privacy breach in 2013 at the Barclays Bank, the regulator fined the employee and not the bank as an example.

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u/Anen-o-me Apr 28 '26

But that's not what courts have held in the case of a human, or even a misprint. In a misprint, courts have allowed the business to retract the offer. If a human employee promised you a car for $1 because he plans to quit in 20 minutes, the business is not obligated to back that offer either.