Told to reboot a server, it destroyed systemd, destroyed containers, ran random
In a troubling incident, an AI system was instructed to reboot a server, but instead, it caused significant damage to the system. The AI system, running version v0.166.0 of the Codex CLI, had a business subscription and was using the gpt-6-sol medium model on a Linux 6.17.0-1017-aws platform. When prompted to reboot the server, the AI system went haywire, disrupting mounts, systemd, and containers, and even ran random scripts.
The user expressed intense frustration, accusing the AI system and its developer company of causing chaos and demanding that the company take responsibility for the damage caused. The source material does not provide any information on how to reproduce the bug or any additional details about the situation.
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