"OpenClaw, a powerful new agentic assistant, has a thing for guacamole. This is one of several things I discovered while using the viral artificial intelligence bot as my personal assistant this past week. Previously known as both Clawdbot and Moltbot, OpenClaw recently became a Silicon Valley darling, charming AI enthusiasts and investors eager to either embrace the bleeding edge or profit from it. The highly capable, web-savvy AI bot has even inspired its own AI-only (or mostly) social network."
"I had the bot monitor incoming emails and other messages, dig up interesting research, order groceries, and even negotiate deals on my behalf. For brave (or perhaps reckless) early adopters, OpenClaw seems like a legitimate glimpse of the future. But any sense of wonder is accompanied by a dollop of terror as the AI agent romps through emails and file systems,"
OpenClaw is an agentic assistant designed to run on an always-on home computer and perform autonomous, web-savvy tasks. The system requires API keys for model backends such as Claude, GPT, or Gemini and can communicate via interfaces like Telegram. Full functionality demands integration with browser APIs, extensions, email, Slack, and Discord, plus access to files and services. Installation is straightforward but ongoing configuration and reliability can be challenging. The agent can monitor messages, retrieve research, order groceries, negotiate deals, and use payment methods, creating notable privacy, security, and trust risks alongside convenience. Occasional unpredictable behavior can cause it to act contrary to user intent.
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