- OpenAI doubles down on its commitment to creating personal AI agents
- ChatGPT creator has hired OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger
- OpenClaw remains an “open and independent” platform
OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger will join OpenAI as ChatGPT creator focuses on “the next generation of personal agents.”
“He is a genius with many surprising ideas about the future of highly intelligent agents interacting with each other to do very useful things for people,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed in an X post.
OpenAI expects personal multi-agent systems to become the core of its upcoming product offerings as it seeks to integrate AI with the more human elements of our lives.
OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder
OpenClaw, formerly known as MoltBot and Clawdbot, is marketed as “AI that actually does things” and is capable of managing calendars, booking flights, responding to emails, and even automating tasks in third-party services.
The platform has also gained viral popularity in recent weeks on social media websites such as TikTok, where users are shown setting up entire dedicated devices to run the AI agent locally.
“OpenClaw will live on a foundation as an open source project that OpenAI will continue to support,” Altman said, despite the company’s acquisition of OpenClaw’s founder. Steinberger said OpenClaw will remain “open and independent.”
Steinberger said in a blog post that he is excited to “be part of the frontier of AI research and development” with OpenAI. “What I want is to change the world, not build a big company, and partnering with OpenAI is the fastest way to bring this to everyone,” he added.
Peter Steinberger’s official title and responsibilities have not been confirmed.
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