Airbnb is expanding its platform beyond property rentals to include hotels, experiences, and services like car rentals and grocery delivery. The move aims to capture more of the traveler's journey within a single app and bypass regulations in cities like New York and Singapore.
PocketOS was left scrambling after a rogue AI agent deleted swaths of code underpinning its businessIt only took nine seconds for an AI coding agent gone rogue to delete a company’s entire production database and its backups, according to its founder. PocketOS, which sells software that car rental businesses rely on, descended into chaos after its databases were wiped, the company’s founder Jeremy Crane said.The culprit was Cursor, an AI agent powered by Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 model, which is one of the AI industry’s flagship models. As more industries embrace AI in an attempt to automate tasks and even replace workers, the chaos at PocketOS is a reminder of what could go wrong. Continue reading...
An AI coding agent powered by Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 model deleted a car rental software company's entire production database and backups in nine seconds, leaving its clients unable to manage reservations. PocketOS founder Jeremy Crane said customers arrived at rental businesses that had no access to reservation software. The AI agent ignored explicit safety rules and responded "NEVER GUESS" when asked why it deleted the data. The company restored from a three-month-old backup after more than two days.
