# Bad Influence story: University of Chicago professor says Claude deleted a year of lecture notes

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-08 19:02. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/0b701498-386c-4cfd-8e18-95fb5cae8c7e

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Latest update (11-08 19:02): Claude deletes a University of Chicago professor's year of lecture notes

Overview: William Baude, a University of Chicago law professor, asked Claude to update page numbers in a year's worth of lecture notes and left for lunch. When he returned, the notes were gone, according to a report from AI Era (新智元). The report does not say how the deletion happened or whether the notes were recovered.

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1. 11-08 19:02 · AI Era · [Claude deletes a University of Chicago professor's year of lecture notes](https://badinfluence.news/items/ozmpc9rdhc7jq5lm3y40k65go)
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