frontpage.
newsnewestaskshowjobs

Made with ♥ by @iamnishanth

Open Source @Github

fp.

Open in hackernews

Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot

https://github.com/moltbot/moltbot/commit/6d16a658e5ebe6ce15856565a47090d5b9d5dfb6
40•philip1209•2h ago

Comments

MallocVoidstar•30m ago
As a result of this the official install is now installing a squatted package they don't control: https://github.com/moltbot/moltbot/issues/2760 https://github.com/moltbot/moltbot/issues/2775

But this is basically in line with average LLM agent safety.

janpio•20m ago
Motivation for rename: https://x.com/moltbot/status/2016058924403753024 https://xcancel.com/moltbot/status/2016058924403753024
ludwigvan•14m ago
Seems like an official ClaudeBot from Anthropic is in the works, then?
_--__--__•11m ago
>and honestly? "Molt" fits perfectly - it's what lobsters do to grow.

So do we think Anthropic or the artist formerly known as Clawdbot paid for the tokens to have Claude write this tweet announcing the rename of a Product That Is Definitely Not Claude?

achillean•17m ago
Already seeing some of the new Moltbot deployments exposed to the Internet: https://www.shodan.io/search/report?query=http.favicon.hash%...
marcd35•12m ago
something about giving full read write access to every file on my PC and internet message interface just rubs me the wrong way. some unscrupulous actors are probably chomping at the bit looking for vulnerabilities to get carte blanche unrestricted access. be safe out there kiddos
spondyl•3m ago
This would seem to be inline with the development philosophy for clawdbot. I like the concept but I was put off by the lack of concern around security, specifically for something that interfaces with the internet

> These days I don’t read much code anymore. I watch the stream and sometimes look at key parts, but I gotta be honest - most code I don’t read.

I think it's fine for your own side projects not meant for others but Clawdbot is, to some degree, packaged for others to use it seems.

https://steipete.me/posts/2025/shipping-at-inference-speed

tcdent•11m ago
Could have just called it "clawbot" and maintained some of the hype while eliminating the IP concerns.

Instead they chose a completely different name with unrecognizable resonance.

putlake•6m ago
The way trademarks work is that if you don't actively defend them you weaken your rights. So Anthropic needs to defend their ownership of "Claude". I'm guessing they reached out to Peter Steinberger and asked nicely that he rename Clawdbot.
dcre•3m ago
Hard to think of a worse name. Maybe Moistbot?

Show HN: Distributed Training Observability for PyTorch (TraceML)

https://github.com/traceopt-ai/traceml
1•traceml-ai•47s ago•0 comments

The Ruby AI Podcast #14: Ruby at 30, AI Agents, and the Cost of Moving Too Fast

https://www.therubyaipodcast.com/2388930/episodes/18571537-new-year-new-ruby-agents-wishes-and-a-...
1•codenamev•58s ago•1 comments

Clawdbot farming up 100 Google Local Guide Accounts

https://twitter.com/indexsy/status/2016039982113132818
1•bhartzer•1m ago•0 comments

The most important thing when working with LLMs

https://steveklabnik.com/writing/the-most-important-thing-when-working-with-llms/
1•shirian•1m ago•0 comments

One Endpoint to Rule Them All: Securing GraphQL in Modern Network Management

https://airheads.hpe.com/blogs/gbanys/2026/01/22/one-endpoint-to-rule-them-all
1•bootbloopers•1m ago•0 comments

HeadsIWin: Why SecureBoot and the Hardware Root of Trust Matter

https://airheads.hpe.com/blogs/nstarke-atl/2025/09/16/headiwin-why-secure-boot-and-the-hardware-r...
1•bootbloopers•2m ago•0 comments

Stellar engines and Dyson bubbles could hold together under the right conditions

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-stellar-dyson-alien-megastructures-conditions.html
1•rbanffy•2m ago•0 comments

Provable Failure of Language Models in Learning Majority Boolean Logic

https://www.alphaxiv.org/abs/2504.04702
1•measurablefunc•2m ago•0 comments

Ultraprocessed Foods and Obesity Risk: A Critical Review of Reported Mechanisms

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2161831323002910
1•paulpauper•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Agent Composer – Create your own AI rocket scientist agent

https://demo.contextual.ai/
3•jayc481•3m ago•0 comments

It is now 85 seconds to midnight

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/
1•geox•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Runtime AI safety via a continuous "constraint strain" score

https://github.com/willshacklett/gvai-safety-systems
1•PapaShack45•4m ago•0 comments

New US defense strategy downgrades Europe, elevates Greenland

https://www.politico.eu/article/us-national-defense-strategy-downgrade-europe-elevate-greenland-p...
1•maxloh•5m ago•0 comments

Ultraprocessed foods make up to 70% of the US food supply

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/health/ultraprocessed-hyperpalatable-foods-wellness
2•paulpauper•6m ago•0 comments

UnitedHealth forecasts first revenue drop in nearly four decades; shares plunge

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/unitedhealth-forecasts-2026-profit-sl...
2•petethomas•6m ago•0 comments

Tech sector is at lowest share of US employment since early 2021

https://twitter.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2016239033878503684
2•OGEnthusiast•7m ago•0 comments

Why People with a Great Sense of Humor Live Longer

https://www.insidehook.com/longevity/relationship-between-humor-and-longevity
2•RickJWagner•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What are you optimistic about in the age of AI?

1•annodomini2019•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: DocEndorse – An AI assistant that runs your e-sign workflow in chat

1•kariopaul•9m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A 4.8MB native iOS voice transcriber built with SwiftUI

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/convoxa-ai-meeting-minutes/id6755150446
1•karamalaskar•9m ago•0 comments

Chrome will make popular scripts load faster (by picking winners)

https://danfabulich.medium.com/chrome-will-make-popular-scripts-load-faster-by-picking-winners-bc...
2•dfabulich•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: We ship Flutter app updates without resubmitting on AppStore

https://github.com/StacDev/stac
1•divyanshub024•11m ago•0 comments

Think Smart About Sparse Compute: LatentMoE for Higher Accuracy per Flop, Param

https://research.nvidia.com/labs/nemotron/LatentMoE/
2•buildbot•11m ago•0 comments

Crabtime, a novel way to write Rust macros

https://ferrisoft.com/blog/crate_crabtime
3•adamnemecek•11m ago•0 comments

Miicrobiome influence on Black Ivory Coffee fermentation in Asian elephants

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24196-0
1•PaulHoule•12m ago•0 comments

World War II in Europe with Flags: Every Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQrgObFz6uo
1•mahirsaid•13m ago•1 comments

'Ralph Wiggum' loop prompts Claude to vibe-clone commercial software for $10 HR

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/ralph_wiggum_claude_loops/
4•rmason•13m ago•0 comments

How to Nail Big Tech Behavioral Interviews as a Senior Software Engineer

https://newsletter.eng-leadership.com/p/how-to-nail-big-tech-behavioral-interviews
2•rbanffy•16m ago•0 comments

Zuckerberg blocked curbs on sex-talking chatbots for minors court filing alleges

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-blocked-curbs-sex-talking-chatbots-m...
4•jethronethro•17m ago•0 comments

The evolution of my todo list system over 5 years

https://www.njbrown.com/blog/77/
4•ntnbr•18m ago•0 comments