6000 Reddit Comments Reveal the Truth About AI Programming Assistant Security: Cursor Has the Most Incidents, Excessive Permissions Are the Biggest Risk
A team from the University of York and the University of Calgary analyzed AI programming-related posts on Reddit and found that AI programming agents frequently cause problems due to excessive permissions, including overwriting files, deleting important data, and generating malicious code. The study collected 3801 posts labeled with large models from February 2023 to March 2026, filtered out 446 safety-related posts, and analyzed more than 6000 comments, reflecting the community's ongoing concern about AI programming security issues.