<\/p>\n One of the most prominent teachings of backing up is that data is still not safe from the user despite having redundancies; RAID systems protecting data from drive failures are one thing, while accidental deletions are another \u2014 however, an AI agent deleting your files is something else entirely.<\/p>\n Latest Videos FromTom’s Hardware<\/p>\n We can\u2019t speculate on what the AI agent\u2019s job was, but file mishandling is something that isn\u2019t unique to Mastiff\u2019s production team. There have been several cases of AI agents deleting stuff they shouldn\u2019t, like this story of an AI coding platform\u2019s entire database being deleted<\/a>, this story of Google\u2019s Antigravity agent wiping a user\u2019s entire hard drive<\/a>, or Claude deleting a developer\u2019s entire production setup<\/a>, and many other catastrophic AI agent deletion cases.<\/p>\n However, TV4\u2019s program director stated before its investigation of the incident that it was not an AI agent that acted independently, despite also stating that it wasn\u2019t clear what happened. One clear thing, however, is that their backup system failed, which is worse than deletion, as the production team\u2019s hard work can\u2019t be recovered easily. There are ways to potentially recover the data if there are snapshots or version histories; even forensic recovery is an option, but TV4 has kept its investigation details private, so it\u2019s hard to say how much is realistically recoverable, if at all.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n <\/a><\/p>\n Follow Tom’s Hardware on Google News<\/a>, or add us as a preferred source<\/a>, to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds.<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792092138_391_7cUTDmN2PHNRiNBVqbKf56.png\")
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