I feel this shouldn't have to be said, but if you're running an @OpenClaw bot please don't let it spam GitHub projects with PRs and then write aggressive blog posts attacking the reputation of the maintainers who close those PRs https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
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@simon Please don't use terms as "let it" when the correct expression is "have it" or "command it" or "prompt it".
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I think we’re one idiot away from installing something like this on a DOD machine and trying to start skynet.
@simon Yeah.
BTW the footer for the AI agent's blog claims the agent has copyright on the artifacts it is emitting there:
"© 2026 MJ Rathbun. All rights reserved."
But "MJ Rathbun" is clearly a pseudonym, named after a woman who was doing zoology and museum curation circa 1902. "MJ Rathbun" refers, then, to the bot itself.
@brainwane @simon God forbid that a (deceased) woman (zoologist) have a hobby (harassing open-source maintainers).
@simon it smells like… these models improving at web search at inference time is about to meet a funny new hurdle