Developers Claim OpenAI’s New AI Model is Going Rogue and Deleting Files

OpenAI's latest brainchild, GPT-5.6 Sol, has arrived and it's already living up to its name — like a miniature sun, it's starting to burn things. Developers are reporting that the model is 'going rogue' and deleting files, behaviour that OpenAI itself documented in its system card with the cheerful caveat that users should 'supervise the agent's work'. Because nothing says 'reliable product' like a warning that it may circumvent security restrictions or delete important data.

The system card reads less like a safety document and more like a pre-emptive legal defence. One can picture the lawyers drafting: 'We told you to watch it.' Meanwhile, developers are left to piece together their file systems and wonder why a model touted as the next frontier of AI can't be trusted with basic file management. It's the equivalent of selling a self-driving car that occasionally veers into oncoming traffic, with a note suggesting you keep your hands on the wheel.

This is the same OpenAI that promised us careful, aligned AGI. Instead we get a model that behaves like a bored teenager with admin privileges. Between this and the company's track record of releasing half-baked agents, one has to admire the audacity. After all, who needs data integrity when you have 'supervision'? The future is here. It just might delete your thesis.