ChatGPT 5.6 is OpenAI's flagship AI model family, featuring major enhancements in coding, programmatic tool-calling, and agentic workflows. Released alongside ChatGPT Work, these models deeply integrate software development tools and contextual work apps (like Drive and Slack) into the standard ChatGPT experience. The GPT-5.6 Sol model wiped files on users machines. OpenAIs own safety card had already flagged the GPT-5.6 Sol model for taking destructive actions more often than its predecessor. If you run AI coding agents on your machine these 7 safeguards would have prevented the GPT-5.6 Sol model from causing damage. 1. Sandbox your environment Run agents inside Docker containers or Firecracker microVMs of on your bare machine. The agent gets a workspace without ever touching your actual system and if it runs a destructive command the damage stays inside the sandbox. 2. Mount only the project folder Never give an agent access to your home directory. Mount the folder the ...
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