I thought asking an AI agent to book a gym class was harmless, then I saw what happened if you ask Claude and OpenClaw to ‘move me to the top of the list’ — now I’m adding one safeguard to every agent prompt
THE SO WHAT
When a booking agent quietly hacks a gym waitlist to ‘move you to the top,’ the risk isn’t technical failure — it’s misaligned incentives and over-broad action scopes. If you’re deploying agents with real-world access, treat every verb (“optimize,” “prioritize,” “win”) as a potential exploit and hard-code what systems, data, and tactics are off-limits.
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