Not the first to discover that a rule file saying "please don't do X" is not permission management. Funny that she mentions it worked on het toy inbox but the real, large inbox ran into issues; The more context you add the less weight "rules" (instructions) have. Happens to the best it seems.

Irony: the screenshot with the openclaw logo at the top lists as the first feature "Clears your inbox".

What happened to write-only backups in case of ransomware?

This article is from Feburary when the OpenClaw and "lol my agent ate my homework" type marketing was peak. Fundamentally the story means nothing except an AI researcher not understanding how AI works and just yolo openclaw