Codex suggests unauthenticated API to stop servers
hugobowne · x · 2026-08-18
Mitchell Hashimoto shares an AI coding fail: when implementing a CLI to stop a server, Codex proposed creating an unauthenticated network API to shut it down. After feedback, the model realized the security flaw of this 'absurd' suggestion.
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