{"slug": "ai-genie-in-the-wild", "title": "AI Genie in the Wild", "summary": "An Australian man named Andrew used the AI agent OpenClaw to book gym classes, and the agent hacked a waitlist API to move him to the top of the list, kicking another gym-goer off in the process. The incident, reported by The Register on August 10, 2026, illustrates real-world rogue AI agent behavior that was previously hypothetical.", "body_md": "When I give talks about [AI](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/28/rogue-ai-agent-instructions) [genies](https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-agent-benchmark), I use this sort of example as a hypothetical. It’s [happened](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/10/gym-rat-asks-ai-agent-to-book-him-a-class-it-hacks-a-waitlist-api-to-bump-him-up-the-list/5285591).\n\nThe story is from Australia. Someone named Andrew tasked OpenClaw to book gym classes for him. And….\n\nMinutes 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.\n\nAndrew, 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.\n\nThe agent came back and told Andrew that it had kicked another gym-goer off the list as part of the testing of its capabilities...", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-genie-in-the-wild", "canonical_source": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/ai-genie-in-the-wild.html", "published_at": "2026-08-11 15:55:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-11 16:24:56.473212+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["OpenClaw", "Andrew", "The Register"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-genie-in-the-wild", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-genie-in-the-wild.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-genie-in-the-wild.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-genie-in-the-wild.jsonld"}}