The artificial intelligence tool Clawdbot is able to operate independently and is conquering the world

However, it has raised serious security concerns, with experts warning that giving a bot access to private messages and even personal finances could be a “disaster in the making”.

When the bot was unable to place the order through the website, it used the ElevenLabs voice tool to call the restaurant and reserve the table.

The high interest in the bot led to an increase in demand for Apple’s Mac Mini computers, which many use to run the program. Searches for the Mac Mini jumped last weekend, according to Google data.

However, security experts have warned against installing the program in a way that could give it access to sensitive data. To operate, AI agents require deep access to computer systems, allowing them to read private messages, manipulate files and write code, which can lead to the deletion of important documents or the installation of viruses on a computer.

Some people who tried to set up the bot found that it was sending messages to people in their address book, in a way that seemed random. Shares of Cloudflare, a web security company that many use to protect Cloudbot systems, rose 10% on Monday. Steinberger, the Austrian developer who created the app, has yet to make a profit from it.