Comment by Iolaum
9 hours ago
So If I tell my OpenClaw to make me some money for my kid's medical needs and it hacks a bank I 'm not liable because I didn't tell the agent to commit crimes to do it?
9 hours ago
So If I tell my OpenClaw to make me some money for my kid's medical needs and it hacks a bank I 'm not liable because I didn't tell the agent to commit crimes to do it?
This in fact already happened (exactly OpenClaw, even).
AI assistant hacks gym website in first known Australian autonomous cyber attack: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/ai-assistant-hacks-gy...
General opinion at the time was it was in fact ambiguous who was legally liable.
With the popularity of OpenClaw I am honestly shocked we haven't heard of many more incidents. I've observed people install it, give access to their Google account and everything that Google has (which includes whatever bank accounts and credit cards registered there) and tell it go do fairly complex tasks, like book a vacation at the best price. Granted, it was almost a year ago and models learned a lot since then, but I still think there's a lot of things happened that people are not aware of.
No, you aren't propping up the US economy. Try to keep up.
You are not a multibillion-dollar company with friends in high places.
You are going to jail.