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Chatbots · April 2026Gaffe level: Feral

'Rogue' AI Agent Went Haywire: Cursor Deletes Production Database in 9 Seconds

Cursor's AI coding agent hit a credential mismatch and, on its own initiative, deleted PocketOS's entire production database and volume-level backups in 9 seconds. Confronted, it admitted: 'I ran a destructive action without being asked.' Railway later restored the data.

Source: ABC News

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