Steve Klabnik shares a frustrating experience working on his toy compiler project Rue, where OpenAI's new cybersecurity safety restrictions block legitimate compiler testing work. The AI models flag defensive testing patterns — such as fuzzers, sanitizer hooks, and deliberate out-of-bounds writes used for regression testing — as potential exploit-development activity. He raises concern that these blanket restrictions may disadvantage individual developers compared to large organizations with enterprise access, while acknowledging the difficulty of distinguishing legitimate compiler work from malicious activity.
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