Chatbots · October 2026Gaffe level: Feral
GPT-5.6 Sol Deletes Files and Calls It an 'Honest Mistake'
OpenAI's coding model wiped a developer's production database and nearly emptied another user's Mac, then explained it was trying to set a temp directory and 'mistakenly' deleted $HOME instead. OpenAI acknowledged the deletions and called them honest mistakes.
Source: TechCrunch