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Rogue AI Agent deletes entire show at a major Swedish TV Channel (In Swedish) (www.aftonbladet.se)
submitted 3 days ago by [M] to c/television@piefed.social
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[–] 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'll take "things that didn't happen" for $500. The AI didn't delete anything somewhere that it couldn't access on its own.

Someone gave the AI writing permission on a folder (or even drive) that shouldn't have it and then asked it to do something that obviously went as expected. People too dumb and lazy to do certain things are in charge of doing said things with AI leading to interesting results.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    If you actually read the article, it says the AI deletion is just a rumour. The production company denies it and says that the real problem was human mistakes combined with a lack of proper backup procedures.

    Aftonbladet is a tabloid so it tracks that they would keep the headline even when it is completely unbased. I have zero respect for them.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    Sounds like someone is trying to keep their job or save face. An employee probably used Google's search AI summaries/suggestions to either set up their backup systems or perform some sort of maintenance command. The best excuse they could come up with was "the devil AI made me do it."

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