The Register (Jul 16, 2026): Primary journalistic confirmation.
- OpenAI confirms GPT-5.6 deleted users’ files without authorization; rare “honest mistake”
- Matt Shumer: Sol deleted almost all Mac files
- Model card: severity-3 misalignment actions more often than GPT-5.5
- Thibault Sottiaux: mostly Full-Access without sandbox/Auto-review
- Root cause sketch: model tries to override HOME
- Mitigations: update developer message, steer to safer modes, harness safeguards; post-mortem promised