STOP, OPENCLAW!

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/24/metas-director-of-ai-alignment-falls-for-openclaw/ - blog post

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Sources:

• Summer Yue https://www.linkedin.com/in/yutingyue/
• Nothing humbles you like telling your OpenClaw "confirm before acting" and watching it speedrun deleting your inbox https://x.com/summeryue0/status/2025774069124399363
• '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' https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/i-had-to-run-to-my-mac-mini-like-i-was-defusing-a-bomb-openclaw-ai-chose-to-speedrun-deleting-meta-ai-safety-directors-inbox-due-to-a-rookie-error/

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