… The claw hype moved so fast that people reportedly paid for help installing OpenClaw , and later paid again to have it removed as security worries spread. Risks and breaches The risk of giving an AI root access to your computer is a massive security gamble. …
… There are too many risks to my personal data and devices. …
… It's been adjusted to focus specifically on cybersecurity and has lower guardrails for security tasks. Essentially, GPT-5.4-Cyber will be less likely to refuse to perform a risky cybersecurity-related task than the normal versions of GPT-5.4. …
… Signed by OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Meta's Alexandr Wang, Microsoft AI's Mustafa Suleyman, Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis and other scientists and AI lab leaders, the letter suggested legislation to require companies that sell synthetic DNA and manufacturers of synthesis mach… …
… There's also an Agentic Directory coming for merchants to know which AI agents to trust for transactions, including Visa-verified agents and merchants. …
… Anthropic says it implemented safeguards to minimize risks, such as prompt injections . …
… You can find a list of available security patches on its security advisory page addressing the recent attack. …
… "In our Surveillance Self-Defense guide , we advise users to check the settings of their secure messaging tools and change them according to their security needs," said Thorin Klosowski, a security and privacy activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. …
… OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joined the presentation and said he was glad OpenClaw failed to delete desktop files, "because six months ago that totally would've worked." Steinberger said OpenClaw has worked with companies like Microsoft to add security layers so that the agent's access is not… …
… For a privacy and cybersecurity company, more respect for user privacy and data security would be nice. …