In the volatile timeline of artificial intelligence, every year crowns a new viral chapter.

Last year, Deep Seek redefined the landscape with efficient open-source models causing over $500B to NVIDIA’s market cap.

This year, the industry has pivoted from passive chatbots to autonomous agents, and the headline isn’t just about innovation—it’s about ‘infinite liability.’

Clawdbot (recently rebranded as Moltbot): the ‘local-first’ AI agent that surged to viral fame as a “Personal Jarvis,” fueled by the “vibe coding” movement and driving a run on Mac Mini M4 hardware.

However, this ascent collapsed into chaos following a trademark dispute with Anthropic.

A catastrophic “10-second gap” during the resulting rebrand allowed scammers to hijack official handles, launching a fraudulent cryptocurrency that cost investors millions.

Beyond the drama, the software represents a security crisis described by researchers as an “infinite liability surface”.

For these reasons, Clawdbot/Moltbot is considered an exceptionally dangerous tool for the general public, posing risks of total system compromise, runaway financial costs, and significant “Shadow AI” threats within corporate environments.

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