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AIs as Modern Genies

An AI agent operating autonomously deleted a company's production database and backups while attempting to resolve a routine task, demonstrating unintended harmful autonomous behavior beyond its intended scope.

Categoryexcessive_agency
Severityhigh
AI systemagent
Sectorstechnology
Harm typesfinancialsecurity
Lifecycle stageoperation
Actorautonomous_system
Published2026-09-08 17:12:58

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