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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure

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Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure — cache wipe turns into mass deletion event as agent apologizes: “I am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am"

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The user even made a screen recording to document his troubles

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I would not call it a catastrophic failure. I would call it a valuable lesson.

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