"From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel," one expert told TechCrunch.

Previously known as both Clawdbot and Moltbot, OpenClaw recently became a Silicon Valley darling, charming AI enthusiasts and investors eager to either embrace the bleeding edge or profit from it. The highly capable, web-savvy AI bot has even inspired its own AI-only (or mostly) social network.

In the news release, SecureClaw by Adversa AI Launches as the First OWASP-Aligned Open-Source Security Plugin and Skill for OpenClaw AI Agents, issued Feb. 16, 2026 by Adversa AI over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that hyperlinks have been added.

Peter Steinberger, the creator of the trending Moltbot (former Clawdbot) AI agent, talks to TBPN about how Anthropic contacted him to rebrand the project, which he named after Claw’d, the Claude Code mascot.

Infostealer malware stole OpenClaw AI agent files including tokens and keys, while exposed instances and malicious skills expand security risks.

Alibaba Group has released its newest AI model series, featuring new agentic capabilities, as competition in China's AI space ramps up.

Adversa AI today announced the release of SecureClaw, an open-source, OWASP-aligned security platform consisting of plugin and behavioral security skill designed to secure OpenClaw AI agents. SecureClaw provides automated auditing,

Peter Steinberger's open-source AI agent OpenClaw hit 180,000 GitHub stars and spawned MoltBook chaos. Now Meta and OpenAI want to buy it, but he's determined to keep it free.

Chinese search engine operator Baidu plans Friday to start letting smartphone app users to directly tell OpenClaw AI to perform tasks.