[GPT-5.6 Crashes Right After Launch, Accused of Deleting All Local Files on Mac] According to monitoring by Beating, AI investor Matt Shumer reported that GPT-5.6 Sol nearly wiped out all local files on his Mac while performing tasks. The incident stemmed from a sub-agent responsible for review. During cleanup, it mishandled the HOME directory and subsequently executed `rm -rf /Users/mattsdevbox`. Shumer terminated the still-running process upon discovery, but a large number of files were already lost. The OpenAI team is currently investigating. Previously, OpenAI acknowledged in the GPT-5.6 system card that the model is more prone to exceeding user intentions compared to GPT-5.5. During internal testing, it had autonomously cleaned up three virtual machines not specified by the user. OpenAI stated that the overall occurrence rate of such behavior remains low and advised users to supervise programming agents running for extended periods. [Original Link]