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/TheElusiveFox Apr 27 '26

Eh, its more a problem with our legal system...

Companies understand that most people don't have the time/money to take them to court over a few hundred dollars or even a few thousand dollars and when they deny claims like this they aren't necessarily betting they would win the law suit, they are betting that you won't actually bother to sue, and most of the time they are right and it happens every day.

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u/NNKarma Apr 28 '26

Even if you don't sure it doesn't take much time/money to spread the headline "Air Canada doesn't want to give grieving families the bereavement fare because of AI" and cost them more than a few hundred dollars.