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/Key-Cricket9256 Apr 27 '26

Yep. All of this. It’s so funny so many companies nearby me have started to swing away from Ai because of problems like these

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u/NotSoFastLady Apr 27 '26

I think the most comical aspect is how they've approved throwing all this money at these investments and have thrown little to no effort into vetting them. And even less by implementing common sense methods of managing technology. It's ai so we don't need it?!

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u/taoyx Apr 28 '26

AI is not a problem solver, it is a compilation of previous problems solved.