Overview
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Peter Steinberger will join to advance the next generation of personal agents, which the company expects to become central to its products.
- Altman said OpenClaw will remain open source under a new foundation supported by OpenAI, with Steinberger retaining some involvement alongside his new role.
- Reports indicate Steinberger will join OpenAI’s Codex team after fielding interest from Anthropic and, reportedly, Meta.
- OpenClaw runs locally with full system access and can be controlled via messaging apps to automate tasks such as email triage, calendar management, bookings and code work.
- Security experts highlight significant risks from the agent’s unrestricted device and internet access, including user reports of unintended mass messaging, even as developer adoption has surged with reports of over 150,000 GitHub stars.