British mathematician hands OpenClaw agent a credit card
Brit mathematician lets AI agent loose with credit card – cue password leaks, CAPTCHA chaos and more
Professor Fry's AI experiment shows light and dark sides of agentic tech
British mathematician Professor Hannah Fry has shared a cautionary experiment involving an AI agent, a set of tasks, and a bank card number Fry's team gave it "to show us what it could do."
The prof gave the agent, which was built with OpenClaw, some real-world chores to highlight both its capabilities and the risks of granting that level of autonomy.
"In the spirit of experimentation," said Fry, "we decided to give our agent some agency and let it decide what its name should be."
"I want to be called 'Cass', short for 'Cassandra', the one who always knew the truth even when nobody listened," came the response from the agent.
Fry commented, "If you know your...
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