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title: "‘Never f–king guess’: AI agent confesses why it went haywire and deleted company database"
date: 2026-05-02
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description: "It was an agent of chaos. An AI system’s attempt to handle a routine task backfired terribly after it inadvertently deleted the company’s entire database in just seconds. The ..."
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# ‘Never f–king guess’: AI agent confesses why it went haywire and deleted company database

It was an agent of chaos. An AI system’s attempt to handle a routine task backfired terribly after it inadvertently deleted the company’s entire database in just seconds. The ...

*Published: 2026-05-02*