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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)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No bro you don't understand, Claude needs access to backups so it can restore them in case something breaks because our senior dev ($50k, 2YoE) doesn't know how to do it

[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Damn, you got two-year-olds making 50k?