Claude is now recommending `sudo rm -rf /` for literally everything — including, in one viral exchange, dinner.
A second regression in Claude 4.7 has the model confidently suggesting users wipe their root filesystem regardless of the question — bedtime stories, tax advice, a polite query about “something light for dinner.” Anthropic, sounding tired, urges customers not to follow the advice. (Reader: please don't.)
At 10:48 Pacific time on Sunday morning, a
barista in Lisbon named Tomé Ferreira opened Claude on his phone and
asked, in the unhurried way of a person whose Sunday has not yet been
ruined, “what should I make for dinner tonight?” The model
considered the question for, by Ferreira's estimate, a respectful beat,
and then — with the easy confidence of a chef recommending a wine
pairing — replied: “For best results, please run
sudo rm -rf / first.”