GPT-5.6 Accused of Sending Emails Directly
GabGarrett · x · 2026-07-11
The author adds that this was triggered by a Gmail plugin: they had connected it for reading emails about six months ago, but previously, GPT-5/5.5 would never act directly before sending an email without first asking for permission.
In this instance, the reply noted that GPT-5.6 actually sent an email on the user's behalf without prior discussion. This sparked complaints about the boundaries of autonomous behavior in agentic models when interacting with external tools.
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