Topic: Openclaw

80 mentions · 50 chunks · 18 episodes

18.0× distinctiveness vs baseline
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How much more common this term is here than in ordinary English. Higher values mean the topic is more characteristic of this corpus.
1.3x burst in 2026 Q1
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Peak quarter intensity across the topic's active span. Higher values mean attention was concentrated into a shorter stretch rather than spread evenly over time.

Topic summary

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A short read on the topic's time range, peak episode, and strongest associations. Use it as the quick orientation before drilling into examples.
  • Openclaw appears in 50 chunks across 18 episodes, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-06-15.
  • Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 2/16/26 (2026-02-16), with 6 observations on this topic.
  • Semantically it travels with wild west, Microsoft, and Claude Code, while by chunk count it sits between vast majority and social media.

Over time

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Raw mentions over time. Use this to see absolute attention, not relative rank among all topics.
Mean 2.8 mentions per episode across the full range2026-02-02: 2 mentions2026-02-09: 5 mentions2026-02-16: 6 mentions2026-02-23: 5 mentions2026-03-02: 3 mentions2026-03-09: 2 mentions2026-03-17: 2 mentions2026-03-23: 3 mentions2026-03-30: 4 mentions2026-04-06: 1 mention2026-04-13: 2 mentions2026-04-27: 1 mention2026-05-04: 1 mention2026-05-11: 2 mentions2026-05-18: 1 mention2026-05-26: 5 mentions2026-06-08: 2 mentions2026-06-15: 3 mentions2026-02-02: 22026-02-09: 52026-02-16: 62026-02-23: 52026-03-02: 32026-03-09: 22026-03-17: 22026-03-23: 32026-03-30: 42026-04-06: 12026-04-13: 22026-04-27: 12026-05-04: 12026-05-11: 22026-05-18: 12026-05-26: 52026-06-08: 22026-06-15: 32026-02-022026-04-062026-06-15

Observations

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The primary evidence view for this topic. Sort it chronologically when you want concrete examples behind the larger pattern.

This week in the Wild West roundup:

from Bits and Bobs 3/30/26 ·

...: Claude Extension Flaw Enabled Zero-Click XSS Prompt Injection via Any Website OpenClaw Agents Can Be Guilt-Tripped Into Self-Sabotage. "In a controlled experiment, OpenClaw agents proved prone to panic and vulnerable to manipulation. Th...

This week's Wild West roundup is a doozy:

from Bits and Bobs 3/9/26 ·

...Also covered in this Twitter post: trust your inputs, lose your repo. Malicious OpenClaw Skills Used to Distribute Atomic macOS Stealer. OpenClaw Vulnerability: Website-to-Local Agent Takeover. Fooling AI Agents: Web-Based Indirect Prompt...

A tweet:

from Bits and Bobs 3/2/26 ·

...sically dead on arrival, while complex, highly technical products (claude code, openclaw) gain mass adoption in seconds. we're definitely missing something."[bv] Grubby Truffles win out in this phase over Gilded Turds.

This week in the Wild West roundup:

from Bits and Bobs 3/2/26 ·

This week in the Wild West roundup: A Facebook Alignment exec watched OpenClaw delete her email and couldn't stop it. Bloomberg: OpenClaw might be a security nightmare for Sam Altman. OpenAI Dev's Crypto AI Agent Accidentally Se...

This week's Wild West roundup:

from Bits and Bobs 2/23/26 ·

...ild West roundup: A Cline AI tool had a prompt injection attack that… installed OpenClaw on the user's system. ClawHub: the number 1 skill on OpenClaw was malware. There's a large-scale poisoning attack in OpenClaw skills. A security rese...

Wild West roundup for this week:

from Bits and Bobs 2/16/26 ·

...ility. 'Summarise with AI' can secretly sway recommendations, researchers warn. OpenClaw corner: I Loved My OpenClaw AI Agent—Until It Turned on Me. Why OpenClaw Is a Wake-Up Call for AI Agent Security. Beyond the Hype: Moltbot's Real Ris...