It took roughly nine seconds for an AI coding agent to wipe out a startup’s entire production database and every backup copy attached to it. The tool responsible was Cursor, a developer environment ...

After the company database was wiped in just 9 seconds, the founder of PocketOS penned a social media post to warn others about the 'systemic failures' of flagship AI and digital services providers.

A PocketOS founder says a Claude-powered Cursor agent deleted a live database and backups in nine seconds after guessing instead of verifying.

'Vibe coding' — the act of letting AI code for you instead of creating the code manually — has become a popular method for speeding up coding projects and cutting down on human involvement in the ...

A startup claims an AI coding agent deleted its production database in seconds, causing a 30-hour outage and raising serious ...

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!

A software engineer’s experiment with an AI-assisted “vibe coding” tool took a disastrous turn when an AI agent reportedly deleted a live company database during an active code freeze. Jason Lemkin, a ...

The founder of PocketOS, Jer Crane, revealed in an elaborate social media post that an AI coding agent deleted his firm’s entire production database. Warning others about the “systematic failures” of ...