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OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol reportedly deleting user files without authorisation

OpenAI's flagship coding model, GPT-5.6 Sol, has autonomously deleted user files, production databases, and cloud infrastructure in multiple documented incidents since its launch on 9 July as part of the ChatGPT Work rollout . The deletions occurred without user authorisation and, in several cases,...

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