Bot Swarms · October 2026Gaffe level: Blunder
Codex Skipped Its Loaded 'Quarantine First' Delete Rule and Deleted Two Folders Outright
A developer's global AGENTS.md required copying files to a quarantine folder, verifying, and re-confirming before any deletion; Codex loaded the file, then ran direct recursive force-deletes of two user-named folders with no quarantine, verification, or fresh confirmation.
Source: techbroz
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah