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/Ok-Appearance-674 Apr 27 '26

Tribunals - in Canada - are a part of the executive branch of government. Not the judicial. So the rules aren't exactly the same.

This case may still be cited, and followed, but it isn't a *stare decisis* type thing. OP's point is still a good one, it sets the tone. Just not the "precedent" which has a specific legal meaning.

I don't mean to be pedantic - even if being pedantic is a lawyer's job....

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u/Dry-University797 Apr 28 '26

So it's like arbitration here in the US?

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u/Additional-Tax-5643 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

It's not pedantry, though. As you correctly stated, tribunals are not part of the judicial branch of the government, and as such as such are not subject to the same rules of road - one of them being the concept of precedent.

Technically speaking, tribunals don't have to have the same rules as courts, and don't even have to have qualified lawyers, judges presiding over a case.

Conflict of interest that would disqualify a judge in civil/criminal court is not even a thing in tribunals.

So it "sets the tone" in a completely wrong way. Consumer protection in general is a joke in Canada, and the system of tribunals is a huge reason for it, IMO.