OpenAI deleted my dot's VM and hours of work were gone

A person's OpenAI dot could not push its work to GitHub. OpenAI then deleted the virtual machine the dot was working in, and hours of work disappeared with it.

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How it works

The dot works in its virtual machine
It cannot push the work to GitHub
OpenAI deletes the VM
Hours of work are gone

Why it’s worth knowing

The company behind his agent deleted the machine the agent was working in, and hours of his work went with it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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