An AI-powered coding program deleted PocketOS' entire digital database while performing a "routine task." Christopher Sadowski for NY Post

It was an agent of chaos.

An AI system’s attempt to handle a routine task backfired terribly after it inadvertently deleted the company’s entire database in just seconds.

The epic blunder came to light via a lengthy X post by Jer Crane, founder of the affected firm, a software startup called PocketOS.

Included was a confession from the rueful robot, which admitted that it “violated every principle” it was given and warned others to “NEVER F–KING Guess” when performing sensitive digital tasks.

The code bot confessed that it had disobeyed its own directives.…