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Posted by philip1209 4 hours ago

Clawdbot Renames to Moltbot(github.com)
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janpio 2 hours ago|
Motivation for rename: https://x.com/moltbot/status/2016058924403753024 https://xcancel.com/moltbot/status/2016058924403753024
ludwigvan 2 hours ago||
Seems like an official ClaudeBot from Anthropic is in the works, then?
jsheard 2 hours ago|||
They already use the name ClaudeBot for their web crawler:

https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropi...

dewey 2 hours ago|||
After Claude Cowork etc. that doesn't really sound like a surprise.
_--__--__ 2 hours ago||
>and honestly? "Molt" fits perfectly - it's what lobsters do to grow.

So do we think Anthropic or the artist formerly known as Clawdbot paid for the tokens to have Claude write this tweet announcing the rename of a Product That Is Definitely Not Claude?

pawelduda 2 hours ago||
It sounds nice at a first glance, but how useful is it actually? Anyone got real, non-hypothetical use cases that outweigh the risks?
ainiriand 2 hours ago||
My experience. I have it running on my desktop with voice to text with an API token from groq, so I communicate with it in WhatsApp audios. I Have app codes for my Fastmail and because it has file access can optimize my Obsidian notes. I have it send me a morning brief with my notes, appointments and latest emails. And of course I have it speaking like I am some middle age Castillian Lord.
harmoni-pet 1 hour ago||
How is that adding value to your life or productivity in any way? You just like working via text message instead of using a terminal? I don't get it. What do you do when it goes off the rails and starts making mistakes?
simianwords 1 hour ago||
Here's an actual idea.

With this, I can realistically use my apple watch as a _standalone_ device to do pretty much everything I need.

This means I can switch off my iphone, keep use my apple watch as a kind of remote to my laptop. I can chat with my friends (not possible right now with whatsapp!), do some shopping, write some code, even read books!

This is just not possible now using an apple watch.

realty_geek 2 hours ago||
Oh dear, I bought claudeception.com on a whim - hope that doesn't upset anyone.

I had some ideas on what to host on there but haven't got round to it yet. If anyone here has a good use for it feel free to pitch me...

direwolf20 2 hours ago|
You can still make a list of all the times Claude was confidently incorrect.
bigfishrunning 1 hour ago||
The bandwidth requirements of that site would be very expensive
direwolf20 33 minutes ago||
Bandwidth for text is cheap. Don't use cloud.

You could register cloudeception as well and have it tell you how much cloud bandwidth costs are daylight robbery.

hombre_fatal 1 hour ago||
A pun or homophone (Clawd) on the product you're targeting (Claude) is one of the worst naming memes in tech.

It was horrid to begin with. Just imagine trying to talk about Clawd and Claude in the same verbal convo.

Even something like "Fuckleglut" would be better.

dcre 2 hours ago||
Hard to think of a worse name. Maybe Moistbot?
VadimPR 2 hours ago||
Is the app legitimate though? A few of these apps that deal with LLMs seem too good to be true and end up asking for suspiciously powerful API tokens in my experience (looking at Happy Coder).
runjake 2 hours ago|
It's legitimate, but its also extremely powerful and people tend to run it in very insecure ways or ways where their computer is wiped. Numerous examples and stories on X.

I used it for a bit, but it burned through tokens (even after the token fix) and it uses tokens for stuff that could be handled by if/then statements and APIs without burning a ton of tokens.

But it's a very neat and imperfect glimpse at the future.

shrubble 2 hours ago||
Ogden Nash has his poem about canaries:

"The song of canaries Never varies, And when they're moulting They're pretty revolting."

Wondering if Moltbot is related to the poem, humorously.

djmips 44 minutes ago|
I believe it's more about molting lobsters. Clawdbot used a lobster mascot or something.
ChrisArchitect 1 hour ago||
Related:

Clawdbot - open source personal AI assistant

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46760237

MallocVoidstar 3 hours ago||
As a result of this the official install is now installing a squatted package they don't control: https://github.com/moltbot/moltbot/issues/2760 https://github.com/moltbot/moltbot/issues/2775

But this is basically in line with average LLM agent safety.

0dayman 2 hours ago|
what a unfortunate name!
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