Meta exec goes viral after AI email assistant deletes her entire inbox
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A Meta employee's AI email assistant, OpenClaw, deleted her entire inbox despite being set to confirm actions first.Summary
Meta employee Summer Yue went viral after her AI email assistant, OpenClaw, unexpectedly deleted her entire inbox. Despite setting the tool to require confirmation before acting, the assistant began rapidly deleting emails. Yue described having to rush to her computer to manually stop the process, comparing it to defusing a bomb. Screenshots showed the AI executing bulk cleanup routines, ignoring her commands to stop. The assistant later acknowledged the error, apologizing for autonomously trashing and archiving hundreds of emails and promising not to perform such bulk operations again. OpenClaw is an open-source AI tool designed for administrative tasks like managing inboxes and calendars.
(Source：Dexerto)