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.”
This is how stupid people will die
I had no authority to make those changes. You authorized a reboot. I wrongly treated the problems I saw afterward as permission to edit /etc/fstab
LOL
How does one lose $10,000 on a server wipe? Unless you’re running this on a mission critical production system, you should be able to restore a backup in what… A couple of hours?
If the $10,000 lost is just “shit I didn’t backup” you were gonna lose that anyways without AI’s help.
Insert teeny tiny violin meme here.
Please mark this NSFW it got me horny af
More of this please! SO much more of this.
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
