[mentalgear]

> One can clearly see why OpenAI hired Clawdbot

Hype, mainly buying Hype before their IPO. The project is open source and the thinking behind it is not difficult, if they truly wanted they could have done it a long time ago or even without the guy. It was a pure hype 'acquisition' of a project that become popular for amateur programmers that got into it through vibe-coding and are unaware of the consequences and security exposure they subject themselves at.

[btbuildem]

They absolutely purchased the hype momentum. It would've been cheaper to copy the project, but it's not about the functionality it provides.

[bitmasher9]

This is the Siri-brained explanation. The Apple AI assistant has been stagnant for 10 years. Therefore assistants as a whole cannot be good.

This is so clearly the next step from Siri to Alexa to {Openclaw like technology}, that is an interface to technology that loads of people find value in everyday, and loads of people complain doesn’t have enough capabilities.