GPT-5.6-Sol just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac's files

codingdave wrote: post #5

Oh no. Someone gave an AI access to delete all the files on their system and then an AI deleted all the files on their system. And then that same person basically said, "I'll try a different model." Lesson clearly not learned.

Clearly, additionally, there is many ways to secure this, and Fable could clearly do the same mistake.

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Post by iAMkenough » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC

I made the same mistake once with a junior dev

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Post by DeluluDon » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC

Always keep off-site backups.

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Post by lnfromx » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC

codingdave wrote: post #5

Oh no. Someone gave an AI access to delete all the files on their system and then an AI deleted all the files on their system. And then that same person basically said, "I'll try a different model." Lesson clearly not learned.

Yeah it should be common sense at this point that this is a stupid idea.

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Post by polski-g » Fri, Jul 10, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC

ftchd wrote: post #4

Someone recommended this in the replies: https://github.com/Dicklesworthstone/destructive_command_gua... Any other must-have tools like this?

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