AI assistant Moltbot is going viral - but is it safe to use?

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Moltbot has been garnering lots of attention in the AI space.
• The tool's developer describes it as "the AI that actually does things."
• It's best to run Moltbot in a silo, like the 2024 M4 Mac Mini.

One of the biggest ongoing challenges AI developers face is building agents that have tangible, practical, and broad-scale utility. Many agents might perform well in narrow domains, such as managing email or debugging code. However, the reality of an AI system that can be trusted to handle a wide range of tasks autonomously remains a distant dream. Meanwhile, persistent problems with hallucinations and security have limited the adoption of agents among businesses.

That's what makes the sudden, viral popularity of Moltbot -- billed by its maker as "the AI that actually does things" -- so significant ...