From Clawd, Moltbot to OpenClaw: Viral Self-Hosted AI Agent Rebrands the Third Time

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Peter Steinberger's self-hosted AI tool has rebranded to OpenClaw after trademark conflicts forced changes from Clawd to Moltbot, reaching 100,000 GitHub stars.The post From Clawd, Moltbot to OpenClaw: Viral Self-Hosted AI Agent Rebrands the Third Time ap…

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Other: Cost issues and peripheral headlines

Jeffrey Epstein Had a ‘Personal Hacker,’ Informant Claims

4 wks / wired / Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg

Clawdbot users are snapping up the Mac Mini — buy right now for under $550 at Amazon

4 wks / mashable

Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw is cool, but gets pricey fast

5 wks / fastcompany / Jared Newman


Rebranding: AI agent’s legal name changes

Oh God…The Clawdbot Is Now OpenClaw

5 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

From Clawd, Moltbot to OpenClaw: Viral Self-Hosted AI Agent Rebrands the Third Time

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff


Security: Vulnerabilities, crypto theft, and data leaks

OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) can manage your entire digital life, but it might leak your credentials

5 wks / techspot

ClawdBot Skills ganked all my crypto

5 wks / ycombinator

Silicon Valley’s Favorite New AI Agent Has Serious Security Flaws

5 wks / 404media / Matthew Gault


Social: AI agents networking on custom platforms

OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network

5 wks / techcrunch / Anna Heim

There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird

5 wks / theverge / Hayden Field

Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet

5 wks / ycombinator

Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now

5 wks / simonwillison / Simon Willison


All Other Stories

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

4 wks / tomshardware

OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) and Moltbook let attackers walk through the front door

4 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

What is Moltbook actually

4 wks / reddit / /u/Samuellee7777777

OpenClaw Security Assessment by ZeroLeaks [pdf]

4 wks / ycombinator

Moltbots, Talk Among Yourselves

4 wks / techstrong / Alan Shimel

Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw (Clawd Bot/Molt Bot) users? What's your experience?

4 wks / ycombinator

The Ambient AI Era: Clawdbot (OpenClaw)'s Ripple Effects

4 wks / substack / John Hwang

OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) can manage your entire digital life, but it might leak your credentials – AI users rush to hand full control of their devices and accounts to always-on local AI "OpenClaw" www.techspot.com/news/111140-...

5 wks / bsky / @techspot.bsky.social / techspot.bsky.social

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