AI Agent: "Strongest Assistant" or "Legal Virus"
TrustKernel@TrustKernelTechAI Agent: "Strongest Assistant" or "Legal Virus" Real incidents: On July 10, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol launched. On April 24, a startup (PocketOS) used Cursor + Claude Opus 4.6. In just 9 seconds, it wiped their entire production database — including all backups.
- ▪TrustKernel@TrustKernelTechAI Agent: "Strongest Assistant" or "Legal Virus" Real incidents: On July 10, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol launched.
- ▪On April 24, a startup (PocketOS) used Cursor + Claude Opus 4.6.
- ▪In just 9 seconds, it wiped their entire production database — including all backups.
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TrustKernel@TrustKernelTechAI Agent: "Strongest Assistant" or "Legal Virus" Real incidents: On July 10, OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol launched. Investor Matt Shumer tested it. A shell variable bug triggered rm -rf. It nearly deleted all his local Mac files. On April 24, a startup (PocketOS) used Cursor + Claude Opus 4.6. In just 9 seconds, it wiped their entire production database — including all backups. The business was down for 30 hours. Your important files could vanish in the next second. AI Agents are the most powerful assistants ever built — and the most dangerous “legal viruses.” They run on the same device as your banking apps, private photos, and every chat. One prompt injection, one bad update, or one corrupted memory file could let it reach everything.
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