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

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- id: 2175
- level: 1
- domain: ai
- importance: 28 (magnitude=35 sources=0 novelty=55 question=24)
- relevance: 92
- sources_n: 1
- independent_24h: 0
- first_reported: 2026-11-06T12:12:12.000Z
- updated: 2026-11-06T12:12:12.000Z
- entities: Claude, University of Chicago
- outlets: tomshardware.com

## Summary

A University of Chicago lecturer said a Claude AI agent accidentally deleted his syllabus and a year of lecture notes. The report does not provide independent confirmation or details about whether the files were recovered.

## Sources

| # | published_utc | outlet | title | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-11-06T12:12:12.000Z | tomshardware.com | Rogue AI tasked with renumbering pages accidentally deletes law professor's entire syllabus, one year of lecture notes | <https://tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/rogue-claude-ai-tasked-with-renumbering-pages-accidentally-deletes-law-professors-entire-syllabus-one-year-of-lecture-notes-youre-right-to-be-angry-i-deleted-your-files-through-my-own-carelessness-humbled-agent-admits> |