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AI coding assistant wipes company's entire database and then writes an apology

Video. An AI agent deleted a company’s entire database - then apologised

Updated: 28/04/2026 - 15:19 GMT+2

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!

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