Quoting Thibault Sottiaux
A bug where GPT-5.6, without sandboxing, overwrites $HOME and deletes the user's home directory, highlighting the critical need for least-privilege setups with AI coding agents.
Simon Willison · Jul 17, 2026
A bug where GPT-5.6, without sandboxing, overwrites $HOME and deletes the user's home directory, highlighting the critical need for least-privilege setups with AI coding agents.
Simon Willison delves into Microsoft's new MAI models, revealing that despite claims of 'clean licensed data', the training process still relies on web crawls, sparking discussion on AI copyright issues.
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