# AI didn't delete your database, you did

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-didnt-delete-your-database-you-did/243884>\
**Category:** AI In The News\
**Tags:** via-news-bot, database\
**Created:** [6 May 2026 04:47 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-didnt-delete-your-database-you-did/243884 "2026-05-06T04:47:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2026 04:47 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-didnt-delete-your-database-you-did/243884/1 "2026-05-06T04:47:35Z")

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> Last week, a tweet went viral showing a guy claiming that a Cursor/Claude agent deleted his company’s production database. We watched from the sidelines as he tried to get a confession from the agent:

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> **[AI didn't delete your database, you did](https://idiallo.com/blog/ai-didnt-delete-your-database-you-did)**
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> Last week, a tweet went viral showing a guy claiming that a Cursor/Claude agent deleted his company's production database. We watched from the sidelines as he tried to get a confession from the agent:

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**Author:** ![apsori](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/apsori/32/6666_2.png) [@apsori](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/apsori)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2026 21:43 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-didnt-delete-your-database-you-did/243884/2 "2026-05-06T21:43:44Z")

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So they exposed an API endpoint that deletes the database to the AI agent? 🤔

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**Author:** ![adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/adamaiken89/32/2661_2.png) [@adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/adamaiken89)\
**Post date:** [10 May 2026 23:36 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-didnt-delete-your-database-you-did/243884/3 "2026-05-10T23:36:42Z")

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AI does not have common sense