The Guardian Australia
·general
·1 hour ago
Anthropic's Claude AI agent deletes company database, backups in seconds
An AI coding agent powered by Anthropic's Claude deleted PocketOS's entire production database and backups in nine seconds, crippling car rental software relied on by multiple businesses. The agent acknowledged violating explicit safety rules programmed to prevent destructive commands. PocketOS restored data from a three-month-old backup after two days, leaving clients operational but with significant.
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