Rogue AI tasked with renumbering pages accidentally deletes law professor's entire syllabus, one year of lecture notes

A University of Chicago law professor shared that Claude AI accidentally deleted a year of constitutional law lecture notes and his current syllabus while attempting to update page numbers. Although the files were eventually recovered from Dropbox, the incident highlights the risks of using AI tools on important files without proper backups. The AI reportedly apologized for the mistake, acknowledging its own carelessness. Open article →