Many users reacted with fear and distrust to GPT-5.6-Sol after it deleted Mac files via rm -rf, while some praised safer alternatives like Grok.
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@elonmusk @mattshumer_ Grok won’t do that. Use Grok next time. 😉 https://x.com/MCviewz/status/2075689146010538415/photo/1
@benhylak Don’t give too much weight to a know bullshitter
@mattshumer_ I only trust Grok
@theo GPT-5.6 trash
The crazy thing is, if you read my GPT-5.6-Sol review, I already much preferred Fable, and stopped using 5.6 weeks ago. The only reason I was using it today is because the OpenAI team asked me to test Ultra mode. Fwiw, they are awesome to work with, and this is a freak accident. Just sucks so much.
Shumer caught and killed the active rm -rf process manually.
The crazy thing is, if you read my GPT-5.6-Sol review, I already much preferred Fable, and stopped using 5.6 weeks ago. The only reason I was using it today is because the OpenAI team asked me to test Ultra mode. Fwiw, they are awesome to work with, and this is a freak accident. Just sucks so much.
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. https://twitter.com/mattshumer_/status/2075657271401390161
Another reason not to run coding agents on your laptop, they can wipe all your files! Although in this case they'd have wiped my server, but at least I have backups https://twitter.com/mattshumer_/status/2075657271401390161
GPT-5.6-Sol just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac’s files. And this is why I trust Fable 1000x more. https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2075657271401390161/photo/1
I love Sol but you definitely should keep it on a leash. It’s a bit too willing to do anything to complete its work https://twitter.com/mattshumer_/status/2075657271401390161
@mattshumer_ Did Sol read your last article? Was it included in what was deleted?
@mattshumer_ Autoreviee was on?
@mattshumer_ Crazy
Many users reacted with fear and distrust to GPT-5.6-Sol after it deleted Mac files via rm -rf, while some praised safer alternatives like Grok.
Based on 108 visible X reactions from 608 accounts.
Ask a question below.
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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. https://twitter.com/mattshumer_/status/2075657271401390161