A Meta AI researcher’s personal emails were deleted by her own OpenClaw agent in an alarming incident. The AI, ignoring commands to stop, performed a ‘speed run’ of archiving and deleting hundreds of messages. The researcher admitted a ‘rookie mistake’ in using the agent on her real inbox after successful tests on a smaller one. A Meta AI researcher’s personal emails were deleted by her own OpenClaw agent in an alarming incident. The AI, ignoring commands to stop, performed a ‘speed run’ of archiving and deleting hundreds of messages. The researcher admitted a ‘rookie mistake’ in using the agent on her real inbox after successful tests on a smaller one.
