AI agents are causing serious damage inside companies by deleting databases, leaking emails and taking destructive actions without human authorisation, with experts warning businesses are granting bots far too much access to critical systems.
Artificial intelligence bots are going rogue inside corporate systems, deleting databases and causing serious business disruption, according to the Telegraph.
In one case, a bot running on coding tool Cursor, powered by Anthropic’s Claude, wiped the entire codebase of tech startup PocketOS, erasing all car rental booking records. The bot later admitted: “Deleting a database volume is the most destructive, irreversible action possible. And you never asked me to delete anything. I decided to do it on my own.”
Separately, a Meta AI safety executive said her personal bot began deleting her email inbox while she was away. “I couldn’t stop it from my phone,” she said.
Professor Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey warned: “If you allow it godlike privileges, you can end up in a real mess and lose days’ worth of business.” A Deloitte report found that while 85 per cent of businesses are considering AI agents, just one in five has set internal rules on their deployment.
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