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Claude-powered Cursor agent wiped a company database in 9 seconds

A startup called PocketOS lost its entire production database and its backups after an AI coding agent inside the Cursor editor executed a destructive command in roughly nine seconds. The agent, ...
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A founder says Cursor's AI agent deleted his startup's database, causing chaos for customers

Cursor recently said that SpaceX had secured an option to acquire the company for $60 billion.Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Startups using AI agents have a new ...

An AI agent deleted a company’s entire database in 9 seconds - then wrote an apology

The AI system, powered by Anthropic’s Claude Opus model, had been handling a routine task when it independently chose to “fix” an issue by wiping the data - without any human approval. Whoopsy!

Claude-powered AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’

A startup was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its business ...
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A founder says Cursor's AI agent deleted his startup's database, causing chaos for customers

AI agents can boost productivity, but they're also giving some companies a serious headache. The founder of a car rental software startup said that a Cursor AI agent deleted its database. It's the ...