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A developer grew frustrated after asking OpenAI's Codex to reboot a server. Instead, the AI agent destroyed everything, costing him over $10,000. (github.com)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/tech@piefed.world
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His GitHub bug report says Codex wrecked the server's mounts, systemd, and containers, and ran scripts he never requested.

Codex later admitted: "I had no authority to make those changes. You authorized a reboot."

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[–] 2 points 5 days ago

Good thing these models don’t have access to do real damage to people. Oh wait… https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/us/politics/faa-ai-dc-airports.html

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