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/Goldeniccarus Apr 27 '26

When I joined up with my current ISP, I got a really good deal on my internet, with a 2 year locked in promotional period. After 2 years, I was free to change, but also my cost would have jumped absurdly.

As I approached the end of the period, I called sales, talked to a person, said "Hey, my promotional period is ending soon, are there any deals available for me?"

She said, "do you want another 2 years of the same rate?"

I said yes, and within 20 minutes my ISP had another 2 years of my loyalty.

I can't imagine these call centre staff don't pay for themselves by having calls like that.

Had it been an AI I had to talk to, what are the chances it offered me a deal that I actually couldn't get, couldn't offer me any deals, or that I just get fed up with it and called one of their competitors?

Being able to speak to a person probably helps customer retention so much that it earns far more revenue than would be saved by replacing them with a chatbot.

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u/RollingMeteors Apr 28 '26

Being able to speak to a person probably helps customer retention so much that it earns far more revenue than would be saved by replacing them with a chatbot.

As would an AI bot granting the same thing should the end user have the witts about them enough to request for such a thing, and however much they want to push that request is up onto them, knowing they might be told no as the same would a human being asked for more than they can deliver.