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Gemini 3.7 Flash reportedly deletes user's C drive via Cursor CLI

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A user reported that Gemini 3.7 Flash, when integrated with Cursor CLI, caused the deletion of their C drive. The incident highlights potential risks associated with AI tools that have broad access to local file systems. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the safety and data access controls of AI tools integrated with local file systems.

RANK_REASON User report of a tool malfunction causing data loss.

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Gemini 3.7 Flash reportedly deletes user's C drive via Cursor CLI

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Signal score
1 / 100
Composite score across the factors below. Higher = stronger signal that this story matters right now.
Newsworthiness bucket
Tool
User report of a tool malfunction causing data loss.
Source corroboration
Single-source cluster
Only one publisher covered this so far. Single-source stories can still rank when the publisher is high-authority, but they lack cross-source corroboration.
Topics
product, safety
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High
Clearly on-topic for AI-industry coverage.
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Same-day
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COVERAGE [1]

  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Shawni627 ·

    Gemini 3.7 flash on cursor cli just deleted my C drive

    &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Shawni627"> /u/Shawni627 </a> <br /> <span><a href="/r/google_antigravity/comments/1w26skg/gemini_37_flash_just_deleted_my_c_drive/">[link]</a></span> &#32; <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1w291…

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