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Microsoft says OpenClaw is "not appropriate to run on a standard personal or enterprise workstation" — so should you be worried?

Microsoft warns OpenClaw’s design blends automation and persistent credentials, creating structural risks unsuitable for standard personal or enterprise workstations.

AI tool OpenClaw wipes the inbox of Meta's AI Alignment director despite repeated commands to stop — executive had to manually terminate the AI to stop the bot from continuing to erase data

AI tool OpenClaw wipes the inbox of Meta's AI Alignment director despite repeated commands to stop — executive had to manually terminate the AI to stop the bot from continuing to erase data

Meta's AI Director of Alignment asked OpenClaw to clean up her inbox, only for the AI agent to nuke everything inside.

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Meta's safety director handed OpenClaw AI agents the keys to her emails — and watched it "speedrun deleting" her inbox

Meta's safety director handed OpenClaw AI agents the keys to her emails — and watched it "speedrun deleting" her inbox

A Meta executive reveals that OpenClaw's AI agent wreaked havoc on her inbox before she shut it down by killing all the processes on the host.

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OpenClaw should terrify anyone who thinks AI agents are ready for real responsibility

Recent mishaps involving OpenClaw and other AI assistants highlight why entrusting too much authority to automated AI agents is a serious mistake

Meta AI Director Runs to Mac Mini Like She's 'Defusing a Bomb' to Stop Openclaw From Deleting Inbox

Meta's Summer Yue shares a harrowing experience with AI agent OpenClaw, highlighting the risks of granting root access.

International Business Times UK

'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'

Not the kind of error you want an AI director of safety and alignment making.

AI's "centaur phase" consumes Silicon Valley

Autonomous agents are taking the tech world by storm.

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Who is OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger? The millennial developer caught the attention of Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg

Who is OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger? The millennial developer caught the attention of Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg

Steinberger made $100M off his first company and quit coding. Now he’s back to show the world the “magic” of agentic AI.

What OpenAI's OpenClaw hire says about the future of AI agents

What OpenAI's OpenClaw hire says about the future of AI agents

The OpenClaw deal shows the AI race shifting from smarter models to the systems—and developers—behind them.

OpenClaw AI agents targeted by infostealer malware for the first time

OpenClaw AI agents targeted by infostealer malware for the first time

Locally deployed AI agents hold plenty of secrets, and hackers would love to get their hands on them.

OpenAI hires the developer behind OpenClaw — this is how agentic AI grows up

OpenAI hires the developer behind OpenClaw — this is how agentic AI grows up

OpenAI hiring the developer behind OpenClaw isn’t just a talent grab, it’s Sam Altman’s bet on the future of AI agents.

'He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future': Sam Altman says OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI

'He is a genius with a lot of amazing ideas about the future': Sam Altman says OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI

OpenAI snaps up OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger – OpenClaw will now go on to be an "open and independent" platform.

Austrian creator of viral OpenClaw joins OpenAI to build “next generation” of AI agents

Austrian creator of viral OpenClaw joins OpenAI to build “next generation” of AI agents

Peter Steinberger said his next step is to build an AI agent that his mum can use and he believes that OpenAI is the best place to do that.

Security experts are uneasy about OpenClaw, the bad boy of AI agents

Security experts are uneasy about OpenClaw, the bad boy of AI agents

The open-source AI agent pushes autonomy to the edge — thrilling hobbyists and unnerving security experts

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The 6 weirdest things to come out of the viral OpenClaw AI assistant

Since launching in November 2025 and undergoing two name changes, OpenClaw has been prompted to engage in some bizarre activities

OpenClaw is the viral AI assistant that lives on your device — what you need to know

Here’s everything cool and scary about OpenClaw, the autonomous AI agent that lives on your device, responds to your texts, and is taking the internet by storm.

Moltbot is now OpenClaw - but watch out, malicious 'skills' are still trying to trick victims into spreading malware

OpenClaw, formerly Clawdbot and Moltbot, faces malware attacks as fake skills and extensions exploit trust in local AI tools.

I hung out inside Moltbook, the AI-only social network where humans are the outsiders

Moltbook is an experimental social platform built for AI agents. Here’s how it works, why it exists and what makes it so strange.

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The Conversation

OpenClaw and Moltbook: why a DIY AI agent and social media for bots feel so new (but really aren’t)

If you’re following AI on social media, even lightly, you will likely have come across OpenClaw. If not, you will have heard one of its previous names, Clawdbot or Moltbot.

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Viral AI personal assistant seen as step change – but experts warn of risks

OpenClaw is billed as ‘the AI that actually does things’ and needs almost no input to potentially wreak havoc

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Malicious OpenClaw ‘skill’ targets crypto users on ClawHub — 14 malicious skills were uploaded to ClawHub last month

Security researchers are warning that the growing ecosystem around ‘OpenClaw,’ the self-hosted AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot, has already become a target for malware distribution.

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