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Putting the Brakes on Agentic AI: Human Control Comes to OpenClaw | Tech Field Day News Rundown: February 18, 2026
The open-source ClawBands project aims to restore human oversight to OpenClaw, a wildly popular autonomous AI assistant capable of executing shell commands, modifying files, and accessing APIs. Created by software engineer Sandro Munda, ClawBands intercepts every tool call and enforces “human-in-the-loop” approval before actions are executed, creating an auditable decision trail. The project emerges amid growing concern from security researchers and CISOs, who warn that OpenClaw’s rapid adoption, deep system access, and messaging app integrations create serious attack surfaces. As agentic AI…
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