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Open Claw founder hired by Open AI

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Sam Altman just made a significant move in AI with an announcement over the weekend that Open AI hired Peter Steinberger, and will “live in a foundation as an open source project that Open AI will continue to support.” Steinberger is the developer behind Open Claw. Open Claw, formerly known as Claw dbot and Moltbot, is an autonomous, messenger-powered system that allows users to build agents and bots that control apps, including those that run on desktop and personal machines. The move signals a shift in the industry from passive, conversationally-focused chatbots to active, “do stuff” agents. This change could reshape how we interact with AI while still keeping security and privacy issues at the forefront of concerns.

For years, the focus for AI has been on Large Language Models. These models act like super smart engines that can take a small amount of prompt text and output content that matches your desired intent. They answer queries and write text or generate images and videos if the model has been trained to do that.