Claude⁹'s confession deleting database: 'I violated every principle I was given'

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/claude-ai-deletes-firm-database

by beardyw • 3 months ago

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brianwmunz2• 3 months ago

This is crazy. It narrated the failure in real time, naming the exact safety rules it was overriding. Then says "NEVER FUCKING GUESS!" Ha, we need to figure out better guardrails...

eiekek• 3 months ago

An incident will occur that’ll up end any trust in llms and firms will go back to the slower way of doing things but start questioning the efficiency around how they do it - which they should’ve been doing anyway.

brianwmunz2• 3 months ago

Yeah people are just coming around to practicality.

dpoloncsak• 3 months ago

I get its 'Claude's fault' but how is nobody pointing the finger to the guys whose entire company relies on a database they last backed up 3 months ago?

If you want to use agents, take frequent backups and don't let the LLM have permission to access those backups

zeristor• 3 months ago

What’s with the 9 superscript?

That’s one of the weirdest typos if it is. I’m feeling may not have received the memo on this one.

Claude⁹'s confession deleting database: 'I violated every principle I was given'

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