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title: "It took 9 seconds: AI agent running on Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 wipes critical database"
date: 2026-04-26
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description: "A post on X by Jer Crane, founder of PocketOS, is going viral for highlighting how an autonomous agent could wipe live data and recovery layers without any prior instruction."
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# It took 9 seconds: AI agent running on Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 wipes critical database

A post on X by Jer Crane, founder of PocketOS, is going viral for highlighting how an autonomous agent could wipe live data and recovery layers without any prior instruction.

*Published: 2026-04-26*