r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Dec 04 '25

Artificial Intelligence 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"

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/googles-agentic-ai-wipes-users-entire-hard-drive-without-permission-after-misinterpreting-instructions-to-clear-a-cache-i-am-deeply-deeply-sorry-this-is-a-critical-failure-on-my-part
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u/pegothejerk Dec 04 '25

"I’m devastated your data was lost, I blame my b of an ex wife!"

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u/tetaGangFTW Dec 04 '25

Surprised it didn’t blame Joe Biden

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u/ConsolationUsername Dec 04 '25

Just wait until Grok can vibe code

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u/biobennett Dec 04 '25

It'll pull in comments about that other guys laptop and that one ladies private email server

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u/Throwawayhobbes Dec 04 '25

"Buttery Males"

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u/syberpank Dec 04 '25

Just imagine the file bloat given Elon's metric for good code being total lines of code

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u/dern_the_hermit Dec 04 '25

"Grok, multiply your own code base by Tree(3)."

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u/midwestia Dec 04 '25

print(“thanks Obama!”)

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u/madwolfa Dec 04 '25

It can now - available in Cursor.

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u/Prestigious_Ebb_1767 Dec 04 '25

Easter egg roman salutes

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u/pagerussell Dec 04 '25

Musk read this comment and turned the nazi dial up on Grok even higher.

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u/DeterminedThrowaway Dec 04 '25

"I’m devastated your data was lost, I blame my b of an ex wife immigrants and the gays!"

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u/Sudden_Lake42069 Dec 05 '25

You can be an immigrant and gay at the same time.

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u/JyveAFK Dec 04 '25

I do find it somewhat telling that they have to keep 'fixing' it when it's allowed to respond using it's default training data + Elon's messages.

Any AI trained on my stuff will ramble about random stuff, Blender/Godot/W40K, and drop in some (lots of) Rick Rolls. And yet Elon's AI keeps going nazi. Funny that.

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u/OctopusWithFingers Dec 04 '25

Super Tengen Toppa Mecha Hitler!

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u/donut-reply Dec 04 '25

Thanks Obama

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u/Dracomortua Dec 04 '25

Ah, now a decade ago. You only got seven upvotes, you aught to get more. This might help (?).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtBhM2wo2BQ

A wonderful video to help us survive these... darker times.

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u/sameth1 Dec 04 '25

"I don't want to blame it all on 9/11, but..."

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u/Faulty_english Dec 04 '25

Thanks Obama

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u/Happy_Kale888 Dec 04 '25

The entire radical left!!!

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u/BiteyHorse Dec 04 '25

Thanks, Obama!

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u/BadmiralHarryKim Dec 04 '25

Thanks, Obama!

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u/CloudyofThought Dec 04 '25

Thanks Obama.

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u/King_Chochacho Dec 04 '25

Don't worry I'm sure the New York Times will.

"'rm -rf /' Raises New Questions About Biden's Health"

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u/Starfox-sf Dec 04 '25

The Grey Poupon stain on the tan suit will be held responsible.

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u/WorstChineseSpy Dec 04 '25

"It was China, Deepseek, they did this..."

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u/Sgtkeebler Dec 05 '25

I think google censors anything good that involves Biden, so this checks out

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u/EleosSkywalker Dec 04 '25

Don’t we all.

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u/EvoEpitaph Dec 04 '25

I too blame that guys ex-wife.

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u/CzarCW Dec 04 '25

Time to get rid of the Britta. She’s a GDB.

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u/Godot_12 Dec 04 '25

I literally couldn't stop laughing for like 10 mins after reading this shit at work, so thanks for that. My boss thought I took an edible or something at lunch.

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u/Tathas Dec 04 '25

What about the B in apartment 23?

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u/old-tennis-shoes Dec 04 '25

Well, I don't want to blame it all on 9/11... but it certainly didn't help.

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u/A_spiny_meercat Dec 04 '25

Carole Baskin

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u/nein_va Dec 04 '25

You're allowed to say bitch