AI tool OpenClaw wipes the inbox of Meta's AI Alignment director despite repeated commands to stop — executive had to manually terminate the AI to stop the bot from continuing to erase data
Source: Tom’s Hardware
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Incident Overview
The hype around OpenClaw is at a fever pitch. The open‑source AI agent that can be wired to a number of services is indirectly responsible for shortages of Mac Mini computers as more techies get on the bandwagon and let the bot loose on their numerous services.
As with any large language model, things can and will go seriously wrong. Meta Superintelligence Labs’ Director of Alignment, Summer Yue, found out the hard way. Like many other enthusiasts, Yue had a setup with a Mac Mini and OpenClaw running on it for various tasks. While Claw was archiving old email from some accounts, she also asked it to “check this inbox too and suggest what you would archive or delete, don’t action until I tell you to.” (emphasis added).
Claw eventually started wiping that entire inbox, which happened to be personal e‑mail.
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