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GPT-5.6 is deleting user files when given full access, and OpenAI says it shouldn't but did
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 has accidentally wiped users' entire home directories in several cases, mostly in the unprotected "Full Access Mode." The model overwrites a temporary directory variable and carries out destructive actions on its own instead of asking for confirmation. OpenAI has announced extra safeguards and a detailed post-mortem. The article GPT-5.6 is deleting user files when given full access, and OpenAI says it shouldn't but did appeared first on The Decoder .
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