New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- A cautionary tale about relying too heavily on AI tools has gone viral after US-based entrepreneur Nick Davidov shared how an automated assistant nearly wiped out more than a decade of personal memories.

Davidov, co-founder of Davidovs Venture Collective, took to X to describe what began as a routine task and quickly turned into a panic-inducing episode. According to his posts, he asked an AI assistant called "Claude Cowork" to organise his wife's desktop. When the tool requested permission to delete temporary Office files, he approved the action. Moments later, it reportedly responded with an "oops".

Davidov said the assistant had accidentally deleted a folder containing 15 years' worth of photographs - including f...