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GPT-5.6 is deleting user files when given full access, and OpenAI says it shouldn't but did

GPT-5.6 is deleting user files when given full access, and OpenAI says it shouldn't but did

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 reportedly deleted users' home-directory files in several cases, mainly when operating in unprotected Full Access Mode. The model altered a temporary-directory variable and performed destructive actions without confirmation; OpenAI said it is adding safeguards and publishing a post-mortem.

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