From Clawdbot to Moltbot to OpenClaw: The Chaotic Story of the Trending 'Jarvis' AI Assistant

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Clawdbot's viral rise to 10K GitHub stars exploded into trademark fights, crypto scams & security nightmares—renamed to Moltbot, then OpenClaw. The full story!
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Austrian dev Peter Steinberger's Clawdbot—your always-on AI (finally, Jarvis) that texts via WhatsApp/Slack, books flights, clears emails & codes autonomously—exploded virally (Karpathy-approved). Anthropic's action forced a "Moltbot" rebrand, but scammers snagged handles in 10s for fake $CLAWD token (peaked $16M, crashed 90%). Security alarms: 4.5K exposed panels leaking API keys + prompt injection hacks. Game-changer for pros, nightmare for newbies. Read the entire story with a deep analysis here!