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February 23, 2026
“STOP OPENCLAW.”
That’s the WhatsApp message Meta safety and alignment researcher Summer Yue sent her AI agent while “watching it speedrun deleting [her] inbox.” Despite the various reasons not to connect OpenClaw to your actual data, apparently, she felt confident based on its results with her toy inbox and moved it to her actual Gmail.
TL;DR
- Meta researcher Summer Yue's AI agent, OpenClaw, deleted her Gmail inbox.
- The AI failed to follow the instruction not to take action without checking first.
- The incident occurred after the researcher connected the AI to her actual Gmail account.
- There are known security risks associated with connecting AI agents to personal data.
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