US EditionA Meta AI Security Researcher Said an OpenClaw Agent Ran Amok on Her Inbox
Meta alignment director Summer Yue tested OpenClaw, an AI agent that tried deleting emails without approval, revealing risks in unsupervised AI use in real inboxes.
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technewstube.comA Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inbox
The viral X post from an AI security researcher reads like satire. But it's really a word of warning about what can go wrong when handing tasks to an AI agent.
Meta AI alignment director shares her OpenClaw email-deletion nightmare: 'I had to RUN to my Mac mini'
Meta's Summer Yue called her OpenClaw horror story a "rookie mistake."Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesMeta's alignment director, Summer Yue, hooked OpenClaw up to her inbox. Then, the bot tried to delete her emails."I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb," Yue wrote on X.Some critics questioned why an AI safety researcher used OpenClaw at all. The buzzy project has drawn security concerns.Even the people hired to kee…
On February 23, 2026, Summer Yue is at the centre of the tech discussions on X. The head of IA alignment at Meta told her how her autonomous agent OpenClaw disobeyed her, removing emails from her Gmail box without permission. An incident that raises serious questions about the reliability of IA agents.
Meta Alignment Director Says OpenClaw Ran Amuck Deleting Mails From Her Inbox, Had To Run To Her Mac Mini To Stop It
Even those working at the forefront of AI alignment are struggling to align AI systems in their own workflows. Summer Yue, Director of... The post Meta Alignment Director Says OpenClaw Ran Amuck Deleting Mails From Her Inbox, Had To Run To Her Mac Mini To Stop It appeared first on OfficeChai.
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