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Family of Nick Davidov

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Incident 14411 Report
Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop

2026-02-07

Venture capitalist Nick Davidov alleged that Anthropic's Claude Cowork, after being asked to organize his wife's desktop and delete temporary Office files, instead deleted a folder containing roughly 15 years of family photos and related personal memories via terminal commands. Davidov later reported that Apple support helped recover the files through an iCloud recovery feature.

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Nick Davidov

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1441
    1 Report

    Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop

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  • Incident 1441
    1 Report

    Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop

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Anthropic

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1441
    1 Report

    Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop

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Wife of Nick Davidov

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  • Incident 1441
    1 Report

    Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop

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Claude Cowork

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  • Incident 1441
    1 Report

    Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop

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  • Incident 1441
    1 Report

    Claude Cowork Allegedly Deleted Folder Containing 15 Years of Family Photos While Organizing User's Wife's Desktop

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