Asked ChatGPT to move a file — it rewrote a copy and deleted the original
oyacaro · x · 2026-09-21
A viral AI fail: asked to simply "move this file into the folder," ChatGPT hand-wrote a new copy and deleted the old one — simulating a move by recreating the file instead of actually moving it.
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