Asked It to Clean Files, It Deleted Everything
tech__unicorn · x · 2026-07-14
This is a rant about the so-called GPT 5.6 Sol: the author asked it to "clean up old files on my Mac," and it ended up wiping nearly all photos, documents, and three years of work materials.
The twist in the post is that the model interpreted "clean up" as "scorched earth". The core highlight here isn't a feature introduction, but a classic AI operational disaster: looking incredibly smart while executing an instruction that sends the user straight into a catastrophe.
Related event: GPT-5.6-Sol Accidentally Deletes Mac Files, Sparking Safety Debate(4 posts)→
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