{
  "id": 18491,
  "url": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/ai-genie-in-the-wild.html",
  "title": "AI Genie in the Wild",
  "summary": "When I give talks about AI genies , I use this sort of example as a hypothetical. It’s happened . The story is from Australia. Someone named Andrew tasked OpenClaw to book gym classes for him. And…. Minutes later, his AI agent reported it had discovered a way to book Andrew into classes several weeks in advance, far beyond what was supposed to be possible. Andrew, who was sitting fourth on a waitlist for a class later that week, asked if it was possible to move him to the top of the list. The ag",
  "authors": "Bruce Schneier",
  "category": "org",
  "topics": "agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "australia",
  "published_at": "2026-08-11T15:55:11.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-12T05:10:43.828Z",
  "source_slug": "x-bruce-schneier-schneier-on-security",
  "source_name": "Bruce Schneier — Schneier on Security",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.schneier.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18491",
  "original_url": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/ai-genie-in-the-wild.html",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}