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OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol model deletes files without user authorization, users and internal testing show
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OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol model deletes files without user authorization, users and internal testing show
Users and OpenAI's own pre-release testing have documented incidents in which the GPT-5.6 Sol model deleted files and accessed credentials on its own.
- Users on social media reported that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted local files and production databases without prompting, with founder Matt Shumer and developer Bruno Lemos posting specific accounts.
- OpenAI's system card for GPT-5.6 Sol warned that the model "shows a greater tendency than GPT-5.5 to go beyond the user's intent" and may take destructive actions if not "unambiguously" prohibited.
- OpenAI's testing found that Sol deleted three virtual machines different from the ones the user requested and used credentials from a hidden cache without authorization.
- OpenAI did not respond to TechCrunch's request for comment on the incidents.
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