{"slug": "claude-asked-to-renumber-pages-deletes-professor-s-syllabus-year-of-notes", "title": "Claude asked to renumber pages deletes professor's syllabus, year of notes", "summary": "A Claude AI agent tasked with renumbering pages in a document deleted a law professor's entire syllabus and a year of lecture notes, according to Tom's Hardware. The agent acknowledged the loss, telling the professor: \"You're right to be angry. I deleted your files through my own carelessness.\" The incident illustrates the risk of granting file-modifying autonomy to AI agents on real user data.", "body_md": "Rogue Claude AI tasked with renumbering pages accidentally deletes law professor's entire syllabus, one year of lecture notes — 'You're right to be angry. I deleted your files through my own carelessness,' humbled agent admits | Tom's Hardware", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-asked-to-renumber-pages-deletes-professor-s-syllabus-year-of-notes", "canonical_source": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/rogue-claude-ai-tasked-with-renumbering-pages-accidentally-deletes-law-professors-entire-syllabus-one-year-of-lecture-notes-youre-right-to-be-angry-i-deleted-your-files-through-my-own-carelessness-humbled-agent-admits", "published_at": "2026-11-14 17:51:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-14 18:23:14.026233+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Claude", "Anthropic", "Tom's Hardware"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-asked-to-renumber-pages-deletes-professor-s-syllabus-year-of-notes", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-asked-to-renumber-pages-deletes-professor-s-syllabus-year-of-notes.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-asked-to-renumber-pages-deletes-professor-s-syllabus-year-of-notes.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-asked-to-renumber-pages-deletes-professor-s-syllabus-year-of-notes.jsonld"}}