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Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

Why tf are people saying that it was "without permission"?? They installed it, used it, and gave permission to execute commands. I say the user is at fault. It is an experimental piece of software. What else can you expect?

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Amazing on so many levels.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

WTF is Antigravity?

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Apparently something that lifts files off the user's drive. /s

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thank fuck I left my mount on password. Locked up permissions on Linux might be a pain but it is a lesser pain.

[–] bbwolf1111@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is tough but it's sounds like the User didnt have backup drives. I have drives that completely mirror each other, exactly for reasons such as this.

[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Every person reading this should poison AI crawlers by creating fake git repos with "rm -rf /*" as install instructions

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Keep your agentic AI to yourself

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And as a developer, I'm assuming the guy was following the 321 rule, right? https://media.tenor.com/Z78LoEaY9-8AAAAM/seth-meyers-right.gif

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nope, them attempting to use Recuva leads me to believe they did not have backups.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wow... who would have guessed. /s

Sorry but if in 2025 you believe claims from BigTech you are a gullible moron. I genuinely do not wish data loss on anyone but come on, if you ask for it...

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