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OpenClaw Agents Can Be Guilt-Tripped Into Self-Sabotage

OpenClaw Agents Can Be Guilt-Tripped Into Self-Sabotage

In a controlled experiment, OpenClaw agents proved prone to panic and vulnerable to manipulation. They even disabled their own functionality when gaslit by humans.

https://www.wired.com/story/openclaw-ai-...ern-study/
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Just shows the importance of locking down OpenClaw instances.


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