Ask HN: Claude renamed my VM from the inside?

A developer reported that their VMware virtual machine named Win11_dev was renamed to 'claude' from within, likely by the Claude AI assistant running inside the VM, leaving them baffled about how the AI could modify the hostname.

Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Ask HN: Claude renamed my VM from the inside? 2 points by twooclock 12 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | discuss On my Win11 machine I run my dev in a VMWare 17. VM name was setup years ago as Win11 dev. I run my Claude inside. This morning my muscle memory couldn't find my machine - it was renamed to claude? How is this possible? I'm baffled. help Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact Search: