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Tools2026-08-12 · source-backed
Single-source anecdote from r/ChatGPT, 75 upvotes but 57 comments, a 0.76 comment-to-score ratio that reads as other people recognizing the failure (r/ChatGPT). Unverified. The mechanism is concrete enough to guard against anyway: agent-generated destructive commands plus Windows path semantics plus quoting failure. Any harness with filesystem write access should never construct a delete via string interpolation.
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Codex released Windows / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Codex released Windows); both cover ChatGPT, Windows; overlapping topics (against, chatgpt, codex).
Linked by a graph relationship (Codex released Windows); both cover ChatGPT, Windows; overlapping topics (chatgpt, codex, window).
Linked by a graph relationship (Codex released Windows); both cover ChatGPT, Windows; overlapping topics (chatgpt, codex).
ChatGPT built by OpenAI / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (ChatGPT built by OpenAI); both cover ChatGPT, Windows; overlapping topics (chatgpt, codex).
Codex released Windows / Shared entity: ChatGPT / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Codex released Windows); both cover ChatGPT; overlapping topics (against, codex, comment).
Linked by a graph relationship (Codex released Windows); both cover ChatGPT; overlapping topics (against, chatgpt, codex).
ChatGPT built by OpenAI / Shared entity: ChatGPT / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (ChatGPT built by OpenAI); both cover ChatGPT; overlapping topics (against, chatgpt).
Codex released Windows / Shared entity: ChatGPT / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (Codex released Windows); both cover ChatGPT; overlapping topics (chatgpt, codex).