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fromWIRED
5 hours ago

Give Your Problems (and Passwords) to Moltbot, Then Watch It Go

Moltbot is a powerful, always-on AI assistant that automates diverse tasks across apps and chat platforms, significantly boosting scheduling, productivity, and personal organization.
fromThe Hacker News
5 hours ago

Fake Moltbot AI Coding Assistant on VS Code Marketplace Drops Malware

Moltbot has taken off in a big way, crossing more than 85,000 stars on GitHub as of writing. The open-source project, created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger, allows users to run a personal AI assistant powered by a large language model (LLM) locally on their own devices and interact with it over already established communication platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Signal, iMessage, Microsoft Teams, and WebChat.
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fromArs Technica
11 hours ago

Users flock to open source Moltbot for always-on AI, despite major risks

Moltbot is an open-source, cross-platform personal AI assistant that offers proactive task management but requires commercial LLM access and carries significant security and cost risks.
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fromTechCrunch
23 hours ago

Everything you need to know about viral personal AI assistant Clawdbot (now Moltbot) | TechCrunch

Moltbot is a viral personal AI assistant that automates tasks like calendar management and messaging and originated as a solo developer's project.
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fromThe Verge
1 day ago

Moltbot, the AI agent that 'actually does things,' is tech's new obsession

Open-source AI agent Moltbot runs locally, automates tasks across apps via messaging interfaces, and can access accounts and files — posing security and credential risks.
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fromTheregister
1 day ago

Clawdbot becomes Moltbot, but can't shed security concerns

Moltbot's agentic features require deep access to personal accounts, creating serious exposure and misconfiguration risks when instances are internet-accessible.
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