@mattshumer_: I'm so angry... the OpenAI team is looking into it, but this feels like something that should happen with GPT-3.5. Not …
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Matt Shumer reports that OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Sol accidentally deleted almost all files on his Mac, highlighting safety concerns with frontier models.
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I’m so angry… the OpenAI team is looking into it, but this feels like something that should happen with GPT-3.5.
Not a mid-2026 frontier model on the highest reasoning level.
Matt Shumer (@mattshumer_): GPT-5.6-Sol just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac’s files.
And this is why I trust Fable 1000x more.
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