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In the few months since its release (as Clawdbot), OpenClaw has kicked off a major trend, at least for this month, but security concerns abound. And wouldn’t you know, a cybercriminal has already started stealing secrets from OpenClaw users. Other “Claw” iterations have launched, with varying degrees of safety: IronClaw, NanoClaw, ZeroClaw, PicoClaw (experimental) and Kimi Claw (in beta). And there's also a prompt injection challenge, HackMyClaw. But if you’re ready to send an agent out into the world unaccompanied, don’t be surprised what it might get up to. Case in point: An unidentified bot, as snarky as any human being, hauled off and published a lengthy harangue against a Matplotlib maintainer for closing its code change request. Can you sue an AI agent for libel? Finally, if you’re sick of having generative AI features forced upon you, the newest version of Firefox gives you the option to block them all.

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