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Lure of the lobster: Why OpenClaw caught China’s imagination
In a country transformed by technology, many fear missing out on the next big thing. The authorities, however, are being cautious.
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Engineers (left) installing and setting up OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant, for users at Baidu headquarters in Beijing on March 11.
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BEIJING - A lobster craze is sweeping across China – not in kitchens, but in the country’s fast-moving world of artificial intelligence.
The “lobster” is OpenClaw, a newly popular AI agent that has inspired queues, tutorials and no small amount of hysteria.
