GPT-6.1 Terra tried to open TextEdit just to save a txt file

Angaisb_ · x · 2026-11-13

A user shared a screenshot of GPT-6.1 Terra's thinking trace showing the model planned to use macOS TextEdit to save a .txt file — before realizing it could create the file directly. Joking that "something must be wrong with mine," the post is a classic agent behavior moment of a model taking a GUI detour for a trivial operation.

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