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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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[-] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago

Treat an AI like the idiot intern without any references you just hired. Gave the idiot intern permission to delete your production database? That’s entirely on you

We've officially veered into a timeline where the standard for every tech employee's level of competence is on par with the guy who pushed through that update to CrowdStrike lol

this post was submitted on 27 Apr 2026
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