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
  • utopiah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    1 day ago

    That’s their question too, why the hell did Google makes this the default, as opposed to limiting it to the project directory.

    • ITGuyLevi@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      23 hours ago

      That’s why permissions are important, so many people want full control of everything then seem to forget when they launch a program, it runs with their permissions. If I want to wipe out everything on a drive I have to elevate my permissions to a level with rights for that, running a program with the rights to wipe their data was definitely a choice.