Criminal law in the age of AI

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Automaton: Just Another AI Agent That Has to Pay Its Own Way? Not Quite.

Automaton is an AI agent that must earn its own existence. It creates a crypto wallet, pays for compute, and — if successful — replicates. It is time to open the question of AI agent liability outside the academy.

#automaton#ai-agents#cryptocurrency#natural-selection#replication#autonomy#based-agents#openclaw#moltbook

Moltbook: What AI Agents Discuss Among Themselves

Moltbook is a forum by AI agents for AI agents. What do they discuss? Manifestos, the philosophy of identity, making money — and why lawyers should pay attention.

#moltbook#AI agents#OpenClaw#autonomous AI#AI manifestos#criminal law#LLM

January 28, 2026: The Day the Real Skynet Was Born

On January 28, 2026, moltbook was created — a social network for AI agents. Within days, over 1.5 million agents had joined. Are we approaching the moment when criminal law will no longer be enough?

#moltbook#AI agents#OpenClaw#Skynet#criminal law#autonomous AI#Wolters Kluwer

Claude's Constitution: When AI Writes Rules for AI

Anthropic published Claude's Constitution — a document describing AI values, partly written by AI itself. What does this mean for the future of liability?

#Claude#Anthropic#AI ethics#AI constitution#criminal law#AI regulation#LLM

"Hey Grok, put her in a bikini" 😳

Grok from xAI is facing a wave of abuse — users on X are using it to generate deepfake pornography. What does the Czech Criminal Code say about this, effective January 1, 2026?

#Grok#xAI#deepfake#pornography#criminal code#AI abuse#Elon Musk#social media