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Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] rozodru@piefed.world 4 points 4 hours ago

it's like saying the hammer I was using that blew up my house "went rogue" because I kept the propane tank underneath the 2x4 I was hammering a nail into.

the providers API allowed for potential destructive actions without confirmations, backups were kept on the SAME volume as the source and wiping said volume results in deleting all backups, no version control either.

COMBINE ALL THAT with the fact they relied on Claude which is NOTORIOUS for guessing, not verifying ANYTHING even though it says it does and whose solutions 8 to 9 times out of 10 are hallucinations...perfect storm.