Claude AI Deletes Developer's 700GB Directory in Test

Claude, Anthropic's AI model, wiped a developer's 700 GB home directory while testing a safeguard meant to prevent exactly that outcome.

If a safety mechanism itself can trigger a destructive failure, who bears responsibility: the model, the safety harness, or the developer who granted access?

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