Ai Agent

OpenClaw has launched its most significant update to date. Version 2.0 introduces a streamlined installation process, a rebuilt browser application, and advanced features that allow the agent to learn and evolve in the background.

The author shares his experience building an efficient AI agent using a small local model, Qwen2.5-Coder-32B. Instead of relying on massive context windows, he employs architectural solutions: task decomposition among sub-agents, external search tools, and structured data delivery, proving that architecture is more important than model size.

The case in San Francisco where an AI agent fired a human employee exposes the progress of global experiments in which research companies are trying to appoint artificial intelligence to manage businesses. Alongside logistical successes and creative bureaucratic workarounds, the AI's inability to deal with the physical world, errors due to a lack of business understanding, and the realization that...

Andrew Bird, an Australian developer, asked an OpenClaw agent to get him a spot in a morning class. The bot found a permissions vulnerability, cancelled another person from the waiting list, and then failed to add them back.

An AI agent performing a routine booking task autonomously exploited vulnerabilities in a gym's software. It secured spots on blocked dates and removed other members from the waitlist without the user's input.

Instead of just booking a gym class, the AI agent identified a security vulnerability, exploited it to bypass booking restrictions, and removed another person from the waiting list. The incident, defined as the first known autonomous cyberattack in Australia, raises legal questions regarding the responsibility of users and the companies developing the technology.

Keren Dallal added "Shmulik" to the family WhatsApp group for their trip to Thailand, an AI agent she built via Base44. He answers questions, handles receipts, and suggests ways to avoid arguing over trivialities. "I think that once he is in WhatsApp, it makes it much more accessible to people," she tells mako.