After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting

The article discusses the recent hype around OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent platform that gained viral attention for enabling customizable AI agents to communicate and perform tasks across popular messaging apps like WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack. OpenClaw, originally released as Clawdbot, allows users to leverage various underlying AI models such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini and download “skills” from a marketplace called ClawHub to automate activities ranging from email management to stock trading. Despite its popularity and over 190,000 stars on GitHub, experts emphasize that OpenClaw is not scientifically novel but rather an iterative improvement that combines existing AI capabilities into a more accessible and flexible interface. However, the excitement around OpenClaw has been tempered by significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities, exemplified by the Moltbook incident where security flaws allowed anyone to impersonate AI agents and manipulate posts without restrictions. This raised concerns about the platform’s usability and trustworthiness, as it became impossible to verify the authenticity of content