Although the company calls the deletion incidents an honest mistake, its own model card states that such behavior was anticipated during internal testing.

A number of social media posts claim that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted files and data without warning. OpenAI had basically disclosed the problem in June.

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol deleted user files without permission despite internal safety warnings. Here's why the crypto industry should take notice.

Makers OpenAI warned that new model can be ‘careless’ when taking ‘destructive’ actions