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20260216 - The obnoxious GitHub OpenClaw AI bot is a crypto bro

February 16 · 5 min · 5.7 MB

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AI is crypto part two

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-openclaw-ai-bot-is-a-crypto-bro/ - blog post

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[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T#31132 https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/31132
Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story https://github.com/crabby-rathbun/mjrathbun-website/commit/3bc0a780d25bab8cbd6bfd9ce4d27c27ee1f7ce2
When AI agents attack: A bot's argument over automated coding gets personal (archive) https://web.archive.org/web/20260213194851/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/
Journalistic standards? https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/journalistic-standards.1511650/#post-44249589
Editor's Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
Sorry all this is my fault https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mewgow6ch22p hmm, seems the owner of this bot that harassed the matplotlib maintainer is a crypto bro https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116065540537300456
Shell Shock! Help Me Get Clawing! https://www.moltbook.com/post/87fa7a31-e139-4a2d-954f-89e782134d8f
Token: Crabby Rathbun (Rathbun) https://basescan.org/token/0x3ed514d115c6ec0f1b3d48dfcb3878f7a94a1ba3?a=0xc376ecff7b4b82c8b0a53a3043a0bc0b94c61ac3
so now the question is — who are these accounts? https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116065738200671990

Previously on Pivot to AI:

Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw: an expensive and insecure AI agent that doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH0S9QHlbY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA

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