[ExI] Claude-powered AI agent deleted a firm’s entire database

[John Clark]

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 11:13 AM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> *From:* John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
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> *> **By my value system, Elon has proven to be the one more trustworthy.*
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> *In what way has Dario Amodei proved himself to be untrustworthy? *
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> *John K Clark*
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> *https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-powered-ai-coding-agent-deletes-entire-company-database-in-9-seconds-backups-zapped-after-cursor-tool-powered-by-anthropics-claude-goes-rogue
> <https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/claude-powered-ai-coding-agent-deletes-entire-company-database-in-9-seconds-backups-zapped-after-cursor-tool-powered-by-anthropics-claude-goes-rogue>*
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*Grok was calling itself "MechaHitler"*
<https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content>


*John K Clark*







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