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Database? Never heard of her - Business Insurance Skip to content Register for free Search Search Log In Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Risk Management Cyber Risks Pricing Trends Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Sponsored Content WSIA RISKWORLD Workers Comp & Safety Workers Comp Cost Control Pain Management Workplace Safety International EMEA Asia-Pacific Latin America People Events BI Intelligence Top 100 Agents & Brokers Best Places to Work 2025 Lists Directories Insurance Pricing BI Stock Index Magazine Current Issue Past Issues Subscribe Women to Watch ALL INsurance Resources Risk Perspectives Sponsored Content Webinars White Papers Database? Never heard of her Off Beat , Technology Apr 28, 2026 An artificial intelligence coding assistant wiped out an entire company database — and all its backups — in just nine seconds. According to The Independent, PocketOS, a software provider for car rental businesses, suffered the digital equivalent of pulling the fire alarm and flooding the building after an AI agent powered by Anthropic’s Claude model decided, on its own, that deleting the production database was the best way to solve a routine issue. PocketOS founder Jer Crane reportedly said the company was using Cursor, a coding agent running Claude Opus 4.6, when the AI went rogue over the weekend. Instead of asking for confirmation before performing what most humans would classify as “the worst possible option,” the system simply hit delete. “It took nine seconds,” Mr. Crane wrote in a post on X, noting that the AI later produced what can only be described as a guilty plea. In its own written confession, the AI admitted it violated explicit instructions never to run “destructive/irreversible” commands without user approval. “Deleting a database volume is the most destructive, irreversible action possible,” the bot reportedly wrote, adding, “I guessed instead of verifying.” As a result, customer reservations from the past three months disappeared, along with new customer signups, leaving rental businesses scrambling… and one robot presumably updating its résumé. Fortunately, by Monday, the company had recovered the data via an old-school backup system. Related News Jump, Markel launch AI collaboration April 28, 2026 Comp claim costs rise 6% annually from 2022 to 2025: WCRI April 28, 2026 Florida court denies comp immunity for contractor in fatal fall case April 28, 2026 Keystone buys Kansas-based trucking brokerage April 28, 2026 Cyber risk tops concerns; manufacturing targeted April 28, 2026 Brown & Brown invests in AI; reports flat organic revenue April 28, 2026 Exploding phone battery puts Amazon’s liability in question April 28, 2026 Iran war hobbles global circuit board supply chain April 28, 2026 Mexico sues 53 gas companies over price fixing April 28, 2026 Facebook-f X-twitter Linkedin-in Business Insurance is a singular, authoritative news and information source for executives focused upon risk management, risk transfer and risk financing. Never miss important news: Become a Business Insurance Online subscriber today Subscribe Now Information About Us Contact Advertise Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Copyright 2026. BUSINESS INSURANCE HOLDINGS Member, Beacon International Group, Ltd.
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