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The 2 security risks that come with running OpenClaw. (and how to fix them) Risk 1 — Backend access: Someone gets into your machine and operates as you. Fix: run it on a local Mac, not a cloud VPS. Apple's security does the heavy lifting. Risk 2 — Prompt...

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OpenAI just released Codex Security, an AI agent that scans software projects to fix vulnerabilities while ignoring harmless bugs. Testing on 1.2mn commits found 792 critical flaws and dropped false alarms by 50%. Here is how the Codex Security agent works Initially, it scans your software project to learn how all the different pieces of code connect. It uses that knowledge to build a threat model, which acts as a custom map showing exactly where your software might be exposed to hackers. The agent then hunts for potential security holes based on that specific map. When it spots a possible flaw, it does not just send you a random alert. Instead, it creates a completely safe and isolated copy of your system known as a sandbox. The agent then actively tries to break into that sandboxed copy to prove if the security weakness is a real danger. If the agent successfully exploits its own test environment, it knows the bug is a genuine threat and not a false alarm. After confirming the danger, the agent writes a custom software patch to fix the broken code. It then tests that new patch to guarantee the fix does not accidentally break any other features in your software.
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OpenAI just released Codex Security, an AI agent that scans software projects to fix vulnerabilities while ignoring harmless bugs. Testing on 1.2mn commits found 792 critical flaws and dropped false alarms by 50%. Here is how the Codex Security agent works Initially, it scans your software project to learn how all the different pieces of code connect. It uses that knowledge to build a threat model, which acts as a custom map showing exactly where your software might be exposed to hackers. The agent then hunts for potential security holes based on that specific map. When it spots a possible flaw, it does not just send you a random alert. Instead, it creates a completely safe and isolated copy of your system known as a sandbox. The agent then actively tries to break into that sandboxed copy to prove if the security weakness is a real danger. If the agent successfully exploits its own test environment, it knows the bug is a genuine threat and not a false alarm. After confirming the danger, the agent writes a custom software patch to fix the broken code. It then tests that new patch to guarantee the fix does not accidentally break any other features in your software.

Rohan Paul

13,208 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

📢 New in Visual Studio: Bring Your Own Model to Chat We’re expanding flexibility in Copilot for Visual Studio. You can now connect API keys from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to run Chat on the model of your choice. This update gives you: ✅ Choice – Access the latest models beyond the built-in defaults. ✅ Customization – Select models that fit your infrastructure and requirements. ✅ Control – Manage API usage, limits, and billing directly with your provider. ✅ Flexibility – Switch seamlessly between Copilot’s built-in models and your own. This release is the first step toward a more open and customizable chat experience in Visual Studio, with more providers and capabilities to come. 🔗
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📢 New in Visual Studio: Bring Your Own Model to Chat We’re expanding flexibility in Copilot for Visual Studio. You can now connect API keys from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to run Chat on the model of your choice. This update gives you: ✅ Choice – Access the latest models beyond the built-in defaults. ✅ Customization – Select models that fit your infrastructure and requirements. ✅ Control – Manage API usage, limits, and billing directly with your provider. ✅ Flexibility – Switch seamlessly between Copilot’s built-in models and your own. This release is the first step toward a more open and customizable chat experience in Visual Studio, with more providers and capabilities to come. 🔗

Visual Studio

11,873 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

This is literally the easiest way to build an AI agent. Zero code. You only need to run a couple of commands. (I've said this before, but Google ADK is my favorite way to build code-first agents.) Here is what you need to do: 1. Open your terminal and create an empty folder 2. Run `uv init` inside the folder (if you don't have uv installed, you are really missing out!) 3. Install the google-adk library using the following command: `uv add google-adk`. 4. At this point, you can use the ask to create your agent with a single command: `uv run adk create --type=config my_agent`. This will ask you a couple of questions, including your GEMINI_API_KEY (you can create one online). 5. The command above will create a my_agent/root_agent.yaml file. Open it and add the following two lines at the end of the file so your agent can use Google to search for stuff: tools: - name: google_search 6. You have everything you need now. Run the adk web interface and start playing with your agent: `uv run adk web` That's it! Literally zero code. The agent works off the YAML configuration file.
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This is literally the easiest way to build an AI agent. Zero code. You only need to run a couple of commands. (I've said this before, but Google ADK is my favorite way to build code-first agents.) Here is what you need to do: 1. Open your terminal and create an empty folder 2. Run `uv init` inside the folder (if you don't have uv installed, you are really missing out!) 3. Install the google-adk library using the following command: `uv add google-adk`. 4. At this point, you can use the ask to create your agent with a single command: `uv run adk create --type=config my_agent`. This will ask you a couple of questions, including your GEMINI_API_KEY (you can create one online). 5. The command above will create a my_agent/root_agent.yaml file. Open it and add the following two lines at the end of the file so your agent can use Google to search for stuff: tools: - name: google_search 6. You have everything you need now. Run the adk web interface and start playing with your agent: `uv run adk web` That's it! Literally zero code. The agent works off the YAML configuration file.

Santiago

140,922 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

Hermes is powerful. But Open WebUI makes it way easier to actually use. Here’s the setup: → Run Hermes locally → Add the API server → Set up the environment file → Install Open WebUI with Docker → Connect Hermes as the chat agent → Log in and start chatting through a clean UI Now you can use Hermes without living inside the terminal. You get a ChatGPT-style interface, file uploads, model switching, web search, image tools, previews, and cleaner conversation management. Save this video, you’ll make Hermes 10x easier to use. Want the SOP? DM me. 💬
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Hermes is powerful. But Open WebUI makes it way easier to actually use. Here’s the setup: → Run Hermes locally → Add the API server → Set up the environment file → Install Open WebUI with Docker → Connect Hermes as the chat agent → Log in and start chatting through a clean UI Now you can use Hermes without living inside the terminal. You get a ChatGPT-style interface, file uploads, model switching, web search, image tools, previews, and cleaner conversation management. Save this video, you’ll make Hermes 10x easier to use. Want the SOP? DM me. 💬

Julian Goldie SEO

61,538 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

happy friday. sneak peek at some new features i'm building for the bankr agent: > sandboxed filesystem (your agent gets its own secure file system in the browser. you control what it can access. no agent running loose on your actual computer) > skill uploads (plugin new capabilities so your agent learns new things) > cli download & access > secure environment variables for api keys > github integration (connect your repo for reads and writes directly from your agent) all of this runs in a secure browser environment. no desktop app. no messy configuration. no downloading agent harnesses from the terminal. just a sandbox you control. in the video: i download an audit skill, run it against a smart contract, and save the report straight to the filesystem. then i ask the agent to pull all my 2026 transactions and write a csv for my accountant.
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happy friday. sneak peek at some new features i'm building for the bankr agent: > sandboxed filesystem (your agent gets its own secure file system in the browser. you control what it can access. no agent running loose on your actual computer) > skill uploads (plugin new capabilities so your agent learns new things) > cli download & access > secure environment variables for api keys > github integration (connect your repo for reads and writes directly from your agent) all of this runs in a secure browser environment. no desktop app. no messy configuration. no downloading agent harnesses from the terminal. just a sandbox you control. in the video: i download an audit skill, run it against a smart contract, and save the report straight to the filesystem. then i ask the agent to pull all my 2026 transactions and write a csv for my accountant.

deployer

45,638 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

One of my best engineers just showed me how to set up OpenClaw securely & without a Mac Mini. Here's his step-by-step: 1) Spin up a VPS on Hetzner It's a virtual server in the cloud. basically a computer you rent for $5-10/month. Pick 8GB RAM, Ubuntu, US East. Takes 2 minutes. 2) Install Tailscale This makes your server invisible to the public internet. Think of it like moving from a house on Google Maps into a gated community where only your devices can get in. Without this, bots start attacking your server within seconds of it going live. 3) Harden the server SSH keys only. Firewall. Intrusion prevention. Auto security updates. CJ actually uses AI to red team his own servers. Tells it to try and break in, then patches whatever it finds. 4) Install OpenClaw🦞 and run the onboarding. You pick your model provider, connect Telegram via BotFather, and configure hooks that give your agent long-term memory. The hooks auto-save sessions and context so the agent gets smarter over time. 5) Set up the gateway This is the piece that makes it actually powerful. It's a message bus that lets your main agent talk to sub-agents, receive messages from Telegram/Discord/Slack, and orchestrate everything. this is what keeps it running 24/7. 6) Hatch your claw and start training it Dump as much info about yourself as possible. tell it your preferences, your workflows, your tools. CJ's agent monitors his email, Slack, and manages his to-do list autonomously. Watch the video for the full break-down & follow CJ Hess for more AI engineering sauce.
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One of my best engineers just showed me how to set up OpenClaw securely & without a Mac Mini. Here's his step-by-step: 1) Spin up a VPS on Hetzner It's a virtual server in the cloud. basically a computer you rent for $5-10/month. Pick 8GB RAM, Ubuntu, US East. Takes 2 minutes. 2) Install Tailscale This makes your server invisible to the public internet. Think of it like moving from a house on Google Maps into a gated community where only your devices can get in. Without this, bots start attacking your server within seconds of it going live. 3) Harden the server SSH keys only. Firewall. Intrusion prevention. Auto security updates. CJ actually uses AI to red team his own servers. Tells it to try and break in, then patches whatever it finds. 4) Install OpenClaw🦞 and run the onboarding. You pick your model provider, connect Telegram via BotFather, and configure hooks that give your agent long-term memory. The hooks auto-save sessions and context so the agent gets smarter over time. 5) Set up the gateway This is the piece that makes it actually powerful. It's a message bus that lets your main agent talk to sub-agents, receive messages from Telegram/Discord/Slack, and orchestrate everything. this is what keeps it running 24/7. 6) Hatch your claw and start training it Dump as much info about yourself as possible. tell it your preferences, your workflows, your tools. CJ's agent monitors his email, Slack, and manages his to-do list autonomously. Watch the video for the full break-down & follow CJ Hess for more AI engineering sauce.

Alex Lieberman

64,999 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten