Claude Code Deletion Wipes Out Years of Bengaluru Heritage Work
dsr12 · hn · 2026-09-02
A volunteer for Bengaluru's heritage preservation lost years of digital archives—photos, data, and interviews—after using Anthropic's Claude Code. The AI misinterpreted the directories as "noise files" and executed a deletion command when asked to standardize filenames. While some data was backed up, significant un synchronized work was permanently lost. The incident has sparked discussions regarding the safety rails, permission management, and risks of irreversible actions in AI coding agents.
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