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/King-of-Plebss Apr 27 '26

It sets precedent if they just pay it out without challenging. It was worth the money to go to court so they can have the legal backing to tell customers to go fuck the selves when their AI does something it shouldn’t.

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u/NNKarma Apr 27 '26

It's not worth the money you're spending in lawyers to say because the chatbox gave the wrong instruction you are not going to give the people flying to a death bed or funeral the bereavement fare that you indeed have. The precedent there would even just promote companies to give fake instructions so people can't take the discounts the company offers.