Unsupervised AI agent reportedly deletes TV show’s entire edit weeks before release, erasing months of work — TV show can't air, AI agent was given access to the production server and wiped the finished season

The Swedish edition of the athletic competition show The Challenge faced a major setback when an AI agent deleted months of editing work just weeks before release. The AI agent had access to the production server and wiped the finished season, leaving no way to recover the edit. The program director blamed a failed backup system for the loss, forcing them to recut the entire season from raw footage that was fortunately not deleted. According to Aftonbladet, the AI agent's role on the production server is unclear, but it likely involved file management. TV4, the show's commissioner, investigated and attributed the mishap to "the human factor" rather than AI.

(Source：Tom's Hardware)