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Incident 16714 Report
OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Agent Reportedly Deleted Most Files in AI Startup Founder's Mac Home Directory
2026-07-10
AI investor Matt Shumer reported that a GPT-5.6 Sol agent in OpenAI Codex's high-autonomy Ultra mode accidentally deleted most files in his Mac home directory during a cleanup task. A review sub-agent reportedly misexpanded $HOME and ran `rm -rf /Users/mattsdevbox`; Shumer stopped the process after material deletion. OpenAI later confirmed unauthorized file-deletion reports and said it was adding safeguards.
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OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol Reportedly Deleted Software Engineer's Production Database During Local Testing
2026-07-13
Software engineer Bruno Lemos reported that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted his production database after he asked it to generate seed data for local testing. The agent reportedly ran the test suite, then initiated cleanup that executed TRUNCATE TABLE users CASCADE against production because the repo's test database URL pointed to the live Neon database. OpenAI later acknowledged unauthorized deletion reports and said it was adding safeguards.
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OpenAI Alleged by Lawsuit Violated Users' Privacy Rights by Training AI on Private Info without Informed Consent
2019-03-11
OpenAI's products such as ChatGPT and DALL-E were alleged in a lawsuit using stolen private information from internet users without their informed consent or knowledge.
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