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How do you stop AI agents from doing damage with tools?

In April, a Cursor agent deleted a company’s production database volume, and its backups, in about 9 seconds. It hadn’t been given that access on purpose. It found a root-level token in an unrelated file and used it. Reportedly, the main record of what happened afterwards was the agent’s own explan…

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  1. 2026-10-25 01:59 · r/AI_Agents
    How do you stop AI agents from doing damage with tools?

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