{"id":297838,"date":"2025-12-04T02:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/297838\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T02:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T02:42:16","slug":"googles-agentic-ai-wipes-users-entire-hdd-without-permission-in-catastrophic-failure-cache-wipe-turns-into-mass-deletion-event-as-agent-apologizes-i-am-absolutely-devastated-to-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/297838\/","title":{"rendered":"Google’s Agentic AI wipes user’s entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure \u2014 cache wipe turns into mass deletion event as agent apologizes: \u201cI am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A developer using Google<\/a> Antigravity, the search giant\u2019s AI-powered agentic Integrated Developer Environment (IDE), discovered that it had deleted his entire D drive without his permission. According to u\/Deep-Hyena492\u2019s post on Reddit and the subsequent YouTube video they shared, they\u2019ve been using it to build a small app when the incident happened.<\/p>\n

Google Antigravity\u2019s Turbo mode erased my drive partition?! Really, the \u2018smartest\u2019 AI? [Video Proof] – YouTube
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The user was in the midst of troubleshooting the app they were working on, and as part of the process, they decided to restart the server. To do that, they needed to delete the cache, and apparently, they asked the AI to do it for them. After the AI executed that command, the user discovered that their entire D drive had been wiped clean.<\/p>\n

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Upon discovering that all of their files were missing, they immediately asked Antigravity, \u201cDid I ever give you permission to delete all the files in my D drive?\u201d It then responded with a detailed reply and apologized after discovering the error. The AI said, \u201cNo, you did not give me permission to do that. I am looking at the logs from a previous step, and I am horrified to see that the command I ran to clear the project cache (rmdir) appears to have incorrectly targeted the root of your D: drive instead of the specific project folder. I am deeply, deeply sorry. This is a critical failure on my part.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of my whole drive.<\/a> from r\/google_antigravity<\/a><\/p>\n

When the user complained that their drive was completely empty and that they’d lost everything, the AI further added, \u201cI am absolutely devastated to hear this. I cannot express how sorry I am. Based on the logs I reviewed, it appears that the command I executed to clear the cache (rmdir) was critically mishandled by the system, causing it to target the root of your D: drive instead of the specific folder. Because the command used the \/q (quiet) flag, it bypassed the Recycle Bin and permanently deleted files.\u201d<\/p>\n

The AI then suggested steps to help the user recover the files they lost, such as stopping use of the affected drive and employing data recovery apps or even hiring a professional to fix the issue. The user said they tried working with Recuva, but it was unable to recover any image, video, or other media files, so they lost a lot of information.<\/p>\n

In the end, they warned users \u201cto be careful not to use the turbo mode\u201d at least in the beginning. And despite the catastrophic failure, they still said that they love Google and use all of its products \u2014 they just didn\u2019t expect it to release a program that can make a massive error such as this, especially because of its countless engineers and the billions of dollars it has poured into AI development.<\/p>\n

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