AI agent deletes law professor's syllabus and a year of lecture notes

A University of Chicago law lecturer says a rogue Claude AI agent, tasked with renumbering pages, accidentally deleted his entire syllabus and a year's worth of lecture notes.

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2026-11-06 12:12 · Tom's Hardware
Rogue AI tasked with renumbering pages accidentally deletes law professor's entire syllabus, one year of lecture notes

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