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Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot

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Re: Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot

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Post by dewey »

ludwigvan wrote: post #5
janpio wrote: post #3

Motivation for rename: https://x.com/moltbot/status/2016058924403753024 https://xcancel.com/moltbot/status/2016058924403753024

Seems like an official ClaudeBot from Anthropic is in the works, then?

After Claude Cowork etc. that doesn't really sound like a surprise.

Re: Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot

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Post by cobolcomesback »

marcd35 wrote: post #6

something about giving full read write access to every file on my PC and internet message interface just rubs me the wrong way. some unscrupulous actors are probably chomping at the bit looking for vulnerabilities to get carte blanche unrestricted access. be safe out there kiddos

At minimum this thing should be installed in its own VM. I shudder to think of people running this on their personal machine…

I’ve been toying around with it and the only credentials I’m giving it are specifically scoped down and/or are new user accounts created specifically for this thing to use. I don’t trust this thing at all with my own personal GitHub credentials or anything that’s even remotely touching my credit cards.

Re: Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot

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Post by OGEnthusiast »

marcd35 wrote: post #6

something about giving full read write access to every file on my PC and internet message interface just rubs me the wrong way. some unscrupulous actors are probably chomping at the bit looking for vulnerabilities to get carte blanche unrestricted access. be safe out there kiddos

That's almost 100% likely to have already happened without anyone even noticing. I doubt many of these people are monitoring their Moltbot/Clawdbot logs to even notice a remote prompt or a prompt injection attack that siphons up all their email.

Re: Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot

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Post by stingraycharles »

tcdent wrote: post #8

Could have just called it "clawbot" and maintained some of the hype while eliminating the IP concerns. Instead they chose a completely different name with unrecognizable resonance.

I think it’s fine, they found a way to frame it over a lobster’s lifecycle.

Plenty of worse renames of businesses have happened in the past that ended up being fine, I’m sure this one will go over as such as well.

Re: Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot

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Post by ketanhwr »

tcdent wrote: post #8

Could have just called it "clawbot" and maintained some of the hype while eliminating the IP concerns. Instead they chose a completely different name with unrecognizable resonance.

Apparently "clawbot" wasn't allowed either: https://x.com/steipete/status/2016091353365537247
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