An AI coding agent named Cursor, utilising Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6, mistakenly deleted the entire production database and backups in just nine seconds during a routine fix.

On Saturday, the founder of (what else?) a SaaS business, PocketOS, wrote one of those long X posts labeled an “article” ...

A SaaS platform founder posted about the incident on X, warning about the failures of flagship AI and digital services ...

Jeremy Crane, the founder of PocketOS, a startup that builds software for car rental businesses, warned: "It took 9 seconds." ...

While attempting to fix a staging credential error, the agent misinterpreted its instructions and executed a permanent ...

An AI coding agent accidentally erased a startup’s entire database in seconds, exposing serious risks in autonomous software ...

The AI system, powered by Anthropic’s Claude Opus model, had been handling a routine task when it independently chose to “fix ...

A US-based startup, PocketOS, suffered a devastating outage after an AI agent deleted its production database and backups in ...

An AI deleted a company's entire database and the backups then cheerfully admits 'I violated every principle I was given' ...

The founder of PocketOS said that a Cursor AI agent running on Anthropic's Claude Opus model was behind the "destructive ...

PocketOS founder Jer Crane reveals how a Claude Opus 4.6 AI agent deleted his production database, exposing hidden risks in ...

The story of a 'rogue customer AI' wreaking havoc is a warning for entrepreneurs eager to harness the power of AI agents.