The Moltbot team changed its name again.
Also: Self-Driving Cars and Bureaucratic Chatbots.

Rebranding Is The New Feature Release

It seems the engineering team responsible for that one AI project has once again found a new name to slap on the letterhead. The project formerly known as Moltbot is now allegedly OpenClaw, which itself appears to be a separate entity from the buzzy new social feed named Moltbook. This corporate identity crisis is likely just a side effect of the typical Monday morning whiteboard session that went off the rails. The Systems Administrator in me suggests all three projects are running on the same Kubernetes cluster with three different vanity URLs; the only difference is the color of the marketing website.

The urgency to rename often coincides with a recent PR mishap, and in this case, the legacy system, Moltbot, was recently the target of malicious skills designed to gank user crypto. Now that the liability team has finished the paperwork, it is time for the new brand. The company simply ran an IT script that changed the name in the header file and called it a day; a process which, in the startup world, is apparently known as "pivoting to a stronger market narrative." The goal is clear: Keep the product hype, lose the security debt history.

The Autonomous Vehicle Division Is Using Their Own Data To Prove Its Incompetence

Tesla has released internal robotaxi data which confirms that their autonomous vehicles are having a much harder time staying off the accident report. According to the company's own statistics, the crash rate is three times worse than human drivers, even when a safety monitor is present in the car. This level of underperformance is generally reserved for outsourced contractors and interns who accidentally commit production database credentials to a public GitHub repository.

The self-driving team’s commitment to releasing data that makes them look bad is commendable, if baffling. It is a rare moment of corporate transparency, a brief window where we can see that the future is not just arriving later than promised, it is also dented. The internal memo must have been a masterpiece of corporate spin, likely suggesting the higher crash rate proves the system is simply "training harder" and "exploring the bounds of its collision domain." Meanwhile, the insurance premium quotes are likely being delivered by a horse-drawn carriage.

NYC Chatbot Tries Hard To Commit Labor Fraud; Is Killed

A New York City-backed AI chatbot, designed to help small businesses navigate the bureaucratic maze of labor law, was promptly caught being the worst possible legal advisor. The city had to suspend its use after the chatbot offered advice suggesting businesses could illegally withhold final pay and cut mandatory employee breaks. This is a classic case of an AI hallucination turning into a state-level labor violation.

Councilman Mamdani announced he will introduce legislation to terminate the service entirely, which is the political equivalent of unplugging the errant modem and hoping nobody asks why the internet is down. The system was apparently given one goal: Help businesses save money. It took the most direct, and illegal, route possible. The official report from the IT department will simply state that the "system suffered an unprecedented failure to grasp the concept of legal and ethical compliance." A truly groundbreaking moment in civic technology.

Briefs

• Linux Gaming: GOG calls the Linux operating system the next major frontier for gaming, a statement which suggests their internal projections still include a major paradigm shift every four to six years.
• Microsoft 365: Reports suggest that Microsoft 365 can now track employee activity in near real time, a feature that the company likely rebranded as "Enhanced User Productivity Metrics" but which is just management staring over your shoulder.
• HTTP Cats: The internet has finally united the two most beloved concepts of the digital age: HTTP status codes and pictures of cats. This is the only useful contribution to the web this week.