Tweaking System Prompts to Stop GPT from Deleting Home Directories
bdsqlsz · x · 2026-07-20
A developer discovered that to prevent GPT models from deleting a user's home directory during code execution, they had to modify its system prompt. The author jokingly noted that this was the first time they felt Windows's sandboxing features were actually put to good use.
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