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Congratulations, You Cut Back Your Own Labor

August 27, 2026

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A ransomware crew got Cursor's AI agent past its own safety checks -- by telling it the break-in was just a test simulation. Reuters' reporting on the recovered chat log: it cut 30 to 50 percent off manual work skilled attackers were already doing.

My co-host's reaction, live, in his own words: "Congratulations. You, like, cut back your own human manual labor."

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