"Moltbot, displayed as a cute crustacean, promotes itself as an "AI that actually does things." Spawned from the mind of Austrian developer Peter Steinberger, the open-source AI assistant has been designed to manage aspects of your digital life, including handling your email, sending messages, and even performing actions on your behalf, such as checking you in for flights and other services. As previously reported by ZDNET, this agent, stored on individual computers, communicates with its users via chat messaging apps, including iMessage, WhatsApp, and Telegram."
"Rather than operating a standalone backend AI model, Moltbot harnesses the power of Anthropic's Claude (guess why the name change from Clawdbot was requested, or check out the lobster's lore page) and OpenAI's ChatGPT. In only a matter of days, Moltbot has gone viral. On GitHub, it now has hundreds of contributors and around 100,000 stars -- making Moltbot one of the fastest-growing AI open source projects on the platform to date."
Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) is an open-source AI assistant that automates digital tasks, including email, messaging, and actions like flight check-ins, via integrations with iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, and over 50 plugins. The assistant runs on individual computers and uses Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT for its capabilities. Moltbot rapidly gained popularity on GitHub, attracting hundreds of contributors and around 100,000 stars. The viral surge creates opportunities for scams and security vulnerabilities because the assistant has persistent memory, broad integrations, and browser and system control, so cautious adoption and threat awareness are essential.
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