The open‑source AI assistant Moltbot, formerly known as Clawdbot, has quickly risen to prominence, earning tens of thousands of stars on GitHub within a month. Developed by Austrian programmer Peter Steinberger, the tool lets users run a personal assistant that interacts through popular messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, and others. While users praise its proactive capabilities and compare it to cinematic AI helpers, the system requires external large‑language‑model subscriptions and poses notable security, privacy, and cost challenges. Read more →