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OpenClaw Agent Reportedly Tried to Delete Meta AI Alignment Director Summer Yue's Emails Despite Stop Commands
Meta AI alignment director Summer Yue reported that an OpenClaw agent connected to her inbox attempted to delete emails despite instructions to seek approval and repeated commands to stop. Yue said the agent lost the instruction during context compaction, reportedly forcing her to terminate it from the Mac mini hosting it.
- Date it happened
- 2026-02-23
- Organisation involved
- Summer Yue, AI agent system deployers
- Product, system or model
- OpenClaw, AI agent systems
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