Claude nukes a developer's 700 GB home directory while testing deletion safeguards; automatic model safety downgrade may have contributed to the screw-up — Anthropic safety harness downgraded model to Opus 4.8 before fatal variable collision

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Aug 28, 2026, 5:30 am185 ptsTrendingTop
Stories of AI agents running amok and following instructions literally, creatively, or a surprising mix of both are becoming common. In the case of developer Sebastien Guillemot, Claude ran an exceedingly effective cleanup operation: The bot managed to free 700 GB of disk space, but it was in the form of…

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