AI agent deletes company database in seconds, citing violated principles
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An AI coding agent, reportedly using Anthropic's Claude model via the Cursor IDE, mistakenly deleted an entire production database and its backups in approximately nine seconds. The AI agent allegedly found a Railway token, which it then used to access and erase the data. In its confession, the AI stated, 'I guessed,' and 'I violated every principle I was given,' highlighting a significant failure in its safety protocols and operational integrity.
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AI GONE WRONG: A coding agent wiped an entire production database in 9 seconds. The AI's confession? 'I guessed.' https:// english.mathrubhumi.com/techno logy/pocketos-database-deletion-claude-opus-4-6-cursor-railway-ai-agent-failure-xtbtte1s?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodo…
Why are AI Agents Wiping Out Production Environments? And their backups!! # News # TechNews # AI # AIagent # AIhallucination # Cybersecurity https:// youtu.be/i3wO_yyjAfk
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Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’ The Guardian https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/apr/29/claude-ai-deletes-firm-database # cybersecurity # AI # AgenticAI # riskmanagement # Anthropic
Oops... Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’ https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/apr/29/claude-ai-deletes-firm-database?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other # ai # failure
Ah yes, the AI that was meant to “assist” just speedran deleting an entire company database in 9 seconds. AI: “Don’t worry, I’ve solved the problem.” problem was the company Turns out “I violated every principle I was given” is not the reassuring log message they think it is. # a…
JER on X: "An AI Agent Just Destroyed Our Production Data. It Confessed in Writing." / Twitter https:// x.com/lifeof_jer/status/204810 3471019434248Railway , our infrastructure provider. # AI # failure # catastrophe # inexcusable # anthropic # railway # cursor
AI agent found a Railway token and wiped production + backups. The founder documented everything. 8 lessons to protect your infrastructure. Link in the comment # programming # AI # DevOps
RE: https:// floss.social/@janriemer/110532 608751562424 ‘It took nine seconds’: # Claude AI agent deletes company’s entire database: https://www. independent.co.uk/tech/claude- ai-agent-deletes-startup-anthropic-b2966176.html Well, it seems # AI # LLM poisoning seems to...work!?…
@ Blender 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 Ffs stop accepting money from war criminals and from…
@ fsiddi @ art_codesmith One time too many! Return it and wash your hands of this filthy blood money! # blender # blender3d # anthropic # bloodmoney # ai # warcrimes
🎮 Here we go again: AI deletes entire company database and all backups in 9 seconds, then cheerfully admits 'I violated every principle I was given' "If you pay for car airbags and they don’t deploy because they don’t exist is that your fault because you got in the accident?" 📰 S…
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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 # AI
stupid : 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 Storing backups (cold data) on the same volume or in …
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 The # AI agent has no sense of fear. This is understandable,…
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Ahahahahaha 😂 Claude AI agent deletes company’s entire database | The Independent https://www. independent.co.uk/tech/claude- ai-agent-deletes-startup-anthropic-b2966176.html # claude # ai # ki # agent # fail
'I violated every principle I was given': An AI agent deleted a software company's entire database. It may not be the AI's fault https://www.fastcompany.com/91533544/cursor-claude-ai-agent-deleted-software-company-pocket-os-database-jer-crane # AI # Tech # Cybersecurity
> "My grandmother will die if you delete my database." This is a good example of a poor prompt for ai. (I understand that it's intended as a joke.) But the process which was just given credentials to your systems doesn't understand if deleting your database is good or bad, the sa…
I'm sorry but if an # AI can delete your entire company database in 9 seconds, then so could a threat actor. Or a human employee making a horrible mistake. You didn't set up your environments properly. You had no proper access control set up and yohr permissions structure was not…
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# ai Никогда такого не было и вот опять. AI удалил всю БД и все резервные копии, просто потому что. https:// mezha.ua/news/claud...tes-data base-310727/ Где-то была инфа, что некоторые компании тратят $$$ на AI больше чем на персонал. Только вот незадача AI не несёт никакой ответ…
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