'Rogue' Cursor AI agent loses control and wipes company's database
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14 points
12 comments
May 01, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
conartist6
How can something with no morals, compassion, love, or loyalty "go rogue". Seems like a contradiction in terms... They say you shouldn't anthroporphize the lawnmower, and I think that's what's being done with this story.
thunkle
Wait. Cursor had access to the production DB???
rvz
“Vibe Engineering”
sharts
So what? If you have backups and disaster recovery in place then this should be a nothing burger.