This is the perfect example of why an agent should never be given permission to manage a production environment. You can use AI agents in a test environment to develop and test software, but if you trust an AI like you would a human and give it unrestricted access, this article shows exactly what can happen.> AI does not delete your data.
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Claude-powered AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’
A startup was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its businesswww.theguardian.com