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AI DIDN'T DELETE YOUR DATABASE, YOU DID

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Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

The accidental deletion of a production database by an AI agent, which was blamed on technology, actually highlighted human oversight and a flaw in the system's architecture (a destructive public-facing API). Current AI models are unpredictable and must be viewed as assistants, requiring human accountability and a deep understanding of the code.