On January 30, according to Business InnersMoltbot(old) ClawdbotDeveloper Peter Steinberger The details behind the renaming of the project were disclosed during an interview in recent days, with reference to its ripple effect。
Steinberger indicates that although Moltbot's original name and Anthropic Clawd, the mascot of Claude Code under the flag, is associated with a trademark, but the other party did not take legal action, but rather requested a name change by e-mail。
“THEY WERE REALLY FRIENDLY”, HE CALLED IT, BUT FRANKLY, “EVERYTHING THAT COULD HAVE GONE WRONG” ON THE DAY OF THE CHANGE OF NAME, INCLUDING THAT ACCOUNT X HAD ONCE BEEN TAKEN BY AN ENCRYPTED MONEY SELLER, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ASSISTED BY PLATFORM STAFF TO RECOVER THE ACCOUNT。
Moltbot's explosive red is the result of a series of experimental projects developed at home by Steinberger individuals。
After selling his 13-year-old software company, three years' rest, he reinvested in AI last year and spent an hour in an attempt to build an interface between whatsApp and Claude Code, thereby triggering an outbreak of inspiration。
He then expanded his functionality, including image input, audio automatic recognition, remote awakening of computers, and so on, to form today ' s smart system。
As the project quickly went red on social media, the Discord server was squeezed, GitHub star curves rose almost vertically, and Steinberger began to face the mail of a large number of security researchers。
He confessed that the system was a real risk and that it had not initially been designed for large-scale use and now had to process a large number of security reports. He indicated that small teams were being formed and preferred to develop the project into a foundation rather than a company, hoping to remain open and non-profit。
In terms of model preferences, Steinberger argues that Claude Opus is prominent in "personality" and sense of humor, while in the coding mission he prefers OpenAI's Codex, which is more direct in processing large code libraries。
He also stressed that, with the spread of highly personalized intelligence, many vertical-type Apps could be replaced because they could automatically perform tasks based on the user context, such as identifying food, estimating heat and adjusting fitness plans。
He indicated that he did not intend to sell Moltbot for outside buying interests and considered that the project would be better suited to exist as a public resource. He also publicly recruited defenders at the end of the interview in the hope that the project would continue after him。