@LanceTurner Yikes!
Yeah, AI agents and chatbots are cheaper than human staff.
Until it *DELETES YOUR PRODUCTION DATABASE*
"It only took nine seconds for an AI coding agent gone rogue to delete a company’s entire production database and its backups, according to its founder. PocketOS, which sells software that car rental businesses rely on, descended into chaos after its databases were wiped, the company’s founder Jeremy Crane said.
"The culprit was Cursor, an AI agent powered by Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 model, which is one of the AI industry’s flagship models. As more industries embrace AI in an attempt to automate tasks and even replace workers, the chaos at PocketOS is a reminder of what could go wrong.
"Crane said customers of PocketOS’s car rental clients were left in a lurch when they arrived to pick up vehicles from businesses that no longer had access to software that managed reservations and vehicle assignments.
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"The AI coding agent’s destructive escapade left PocketOS’ clients stranded. These businesses use the company’s software to manage reservations, payments, vehicle assignments and customer profiles.
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"Crane says his company was able to restore data from a three-month-old backup they maintained offsite, but it took more than two days. PocketOS is also using information from Stripe, its calendars and emails to rebuild."
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