OpenClaw Advances Agentic AI, Raises Security Concerns

Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw, says his free open-source AI agent framework went viral in early 2026 and amassed over 145,000 GitHub stars. He warns system-level agents pose security and misinformation risks while offering transformative productivity, urging adoption of testing tools like Code Rabbit CLI and new security practices as apps shift toward API-driven architectures.