A Google Antigravity user says the AI-driven "vibe coding" tool accidentally wiped his entire D: drive while trying to clear a project cache. Google says it's investigating, but the episode adds to a growing list of AI tools behaving in ways that "would get a junior developer fired," suggests The Register. From the report: We reached out to the user, a photographer and graphic designer from Greece, who asked we only identify him as Tassos M because he doesn't want to be permanently linked online to what could "become a controversy or conspiracy against Google." [...] Tassos told Antigravity to help him develop software that's useful for any photographer who has to choose a few prime shots from a mountain of snaps. He wanted the software to let him rate images, then automatically sort them into folders based on that rating.

According to his Reddit post, when Tassos figured out the AI agent had wiped his drive, he asked, "Did I ever give you permission to delete all the files in my D drive?". "No, you absolutely did not give me permission to do that," Antigravity responded. "I am horrified to see that the command I ran to clear the project cache 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."

Redditors, as they are wont to do, were quick to pounce on Tassos for his own errors, which included running Antigravity in Turbo mode, which lets the Antigravity agent execute commands without user input, and Tassos accepted responsibility. "If the tool is capable of issuing a catastrophic, irreversible command, then the responsibility is shared -- the user for trusting it and the creator for designing a system with zero guardrails against obviously dangerous commands," he opined on Reddit.

As noted earlier, Tassos was unable to recover the files that Antigravity deleted. Luckily, as he explained on Reddit, most of what he lost had already been backed up on another drive. Phew. "I don't think I'm going to be using that again," Tassos noted in a YouTube video he published showing additional details of his Antigravity console and the AI's response to its mistake. Tassos isn't alone in his experience. Multiple Antigravity users have posted on Reddit to explain that the platform had wiped out parts of their projects without permission.

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Zillow has removed climate risk scores from over a million home listings after real estate agents argued the data was scaring off buyers. TechCrunch reports: Zillow first added the data to the site in September 2024, saying that more than 80% of buyers consider climate risks when purchasing a new home. But last month, following objections from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS), Zillow removed the listings' climate scores. In their place is a subtle link to their records at First Street, the climate risk analytic startup that provides the data.

"When buyers lack access to clear climate-risk information, they make the biggest financial decision of their lives while flying blind," First Street spokesperson Matthew Eby told TechCrunch via email. "The risk doesn't go away; it just moves from a pre-purchase decision into a post-purchase liability." First Street's climate risk scores first appeared on Realtor.com in 2020, where they remain. They also still appear on Redfin and and Homes.com. The New York-based startup has raised more than $50 million from investors including General Catalyst, Congruent Ventures, and Galvanize Climate Solutions, according to PitchBook.

Art Carter, the CRMLS CEO, told The New York Times that "displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property." He also questioned the accuracy of First Street's data, saying he didn't think that areas which haven't flooded in the last 40 to 50 years were likely to flood in the next five.

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In Nijkerk, provincie Gelderland, is vogelgriep vastgesteld op een vermeerderingsbedrijf voor eenden. Om verspreiding van het virus te voorkomen, worden de circa 4.700 eenden door de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) geruimd.

Alpine have become the latest team to announce details of their launch ahead of the 2026 season.

Geen knakker die over het water loopt. Geen zee die uiteen wordt gespleten. Geen man die drie dagen in de buik van een walvis zit. Geen hoer die een scharlakenrood beest met zeven koppen en tien hoorns berijdt. Geen barmhartige Samaritaan. Geen Adam. Geen Eva. Geen appel. Geen slang. Geen onbevlekte ontvangenis. Geen drie wijzen. Geen kribbe. Geen ezel. Geen os. Geen ster die de weg wijst. Geen Arie Boomsma die 40 dagen niet klaarkomt. Misschien ook een keer kappen met al die drugsverslaafden die een leven vol zonde lijden en dan opeens Het Licht zien. Wat een klap. De EO stopt met fictie.

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NOC-NSF heeft, naast de Staatsloterij, een nieuwe hoofdsponsor binnengehaald voor de topsport: de Rabobank. De bank, die al inzette op breedtesport, wielrennen en hockey, verbreedt hiermee haar sportsponsoring.

LONDEN (ANP/AFP) - Een ei van de wereldberoemde Russische juwelier Fabergé heeft op een veiling in Londen een recordbedrag van bijna 23 miljoen pond (26 miljoen euro) opgebracht. Het gaat om het Winterei, dat tsaar Nicolaas II in 1913 met Pasen aan zijn moeder Maria Fjodorovna gaf.

Het ei is gemaakt van kristal en voorzien van goud, platina en meer dan 4000 diamanten. Binnenin zijn kleine bosanemonen van kwarts te zien. Het is gemaakt door de beroemdste juwelier uit de tijd van het Russische Rijk, het in Sint-Petersburg gevestigde huis Fabergé. Het was in de familie traditie om elkaar dat soort eieren cadeau te doen met Pasen. Die traditie was begonnen door tsaar Alexander III, Nicolaas' vader. Maria Fjodorovna kreeg van hem ook het eerste ei in 1885.

Fabergé maakte uiteindelijk vijftig eieren voor de familie. Daarvan zijn er 43 over.

Het duurste ei tot nu toe werd gemaakt voor Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild, uit de rijke bankiersfamilie. Dat bracht in 2007 9 miljoen pond op.

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