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title: "Meta Security Researcher's AI Agent Accidentally Deleted Her Emails"
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published_at: "2026-08-31T07:23:47.000Z"
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# Meta Security Researcher's AI Agent Accidentally Deleted Her Emails

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**Published:** 2026-08-31T07:23:47.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** meta, agent, safety

## Summary

Meta's Summer Yue says she ran OpenClaw on her inbox, but its size 'triggered compaction \[and\] lost my original instruction' to get her permission before deleting\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://au.pcmag.com/ai/116091/meta-security-researchers-ai-agent-accidentally-deleted-her-emails>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49506655>)