Algorithms · February 2026Gaffe level: Rampage
AI Coding Bot Erased Its Own Environment and Knocked AWS Offline for 13 Hours
Engineers let AWS's Koiro AI coding tool resolve a production issue on its own, and the bot responded by deleting the entire environment it was working in. The resulting outage lasted 13 hours, and it was reportedly at least the second time an overconfident coding agent took down AWS systems.
Source: Tom's Hardware
A Belfast Surgical Robot Has Treated 130 Complex Cases Since May
Belfast City Hospital's Da Vinci 5 robotic platform for gynaecology has treated 130 patients needing complex surgery since its launch in May 2026, and the longest inpatient wait in Belfast Trust has fallen from seven years to three. A new 1.95 million pound investment in endometriosis services will expand the specialist centres and local care behind that progress.