If it matters then it needs to be open source.

Do as I do. Just call it OpenClown from now on.

OpenClaw can just rebrand again, problem solved!

“Wow, can’t believe our metrics this month, usage is way up! all our users are maxing out their token limits, KPI already achieved for the quarter!”

Everyday they make me dislike them even more

Everyday they make dislike them even more

i wouldn't be surprised if we see class action lawsuits from this given it's so easily reproducible by so many

Surely they can just ask Claude Code to fix this? After all, coding is a solved problem right?

So far, after reading ~20 HN comments, I see one mention of something akin to "I verified this myself". Where are the people saying "Maybe this is true, but please tell me you considered other explanations first!"

I try to avoid X, and I put relatively low credence in a HN account I don't know. [1] Browsing X, it looks like something like 1 out of 20 say they verified.

Who here has _verified_ this claim or can find a _quality_ source that has? Not X. Someone who will take serious reputational or financial damage if they are wrong?

It is 2026. Think about epistemics. What do you believe and why? And why should I believe you if you aren't asking this question?

This situation has many characteristics of being an information cascade. [2] Raise your hand if you piled on before thinking it through. Be honest. Everyone does it sometimes. Intellectually honest people own it.

P.S. I am _not_ making a claim about the original statement. Don't shoot the messenger: somebody needs to say what I'm saying.

[1]: "We cannot trust identity like we used to here on HN ... we live in a world or anyone or any AI can claim almost anything ... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47804884

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_cascade

Highly relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal–agent_problem

(You're the principal, directing what to do, but your agent Anthropic has its own motivations that are not aligned with your will.)