Fan Xinquan, a retired electronics worker in Beijing, has recently started raising a "lobster," hoping that the AI agent he has been training can help organise his specialised industry knowledge better than chatbots like DeepSeek. MORE FROM THE ARTICLE: "OpenClaw can actually help you accomplish many practical things," the 60-year-old said at a recent event hosted by AI startup Zhipu to teach people how to use and train the AI agent, which has gone viral in China, with its various local versions earning the "lobster" nickname. In the past month, OpenClaw, which can connect several hardware and software tools and learn from the data produced with much less human intervention than a chatbot, has captured the imaginations of many in China, from retirees looking for side income to AI firms hoping to generate new revenue streams. After first appearing in November, the tool has become one of the fastest-growing projects in the history of GitHub, the world's most widely adopted AI-powered developer platform. The hype over the open-source, agent-controlling bot created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger is the latest example of how a new technology could overhaul the world's second-largest economy through unbridled consumer adoption. "If DeepSeek marked a milestone for open-source large language models, then OpenClaw represents a similar turning point for open-source agents," said Wei Sun, chief AI analyst at Counterpoint Research. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang this week said OpenClaw is "the next ChatGPT" and growing enthusiasm over the technology sent Chinese tech shares up by as much as 22% in recent weeks as companies rolled out a suite of products based on the agent. ... reuters.com/technology/ope ALSO SEE >>> “It feels like Squid Game”: China’s workers scramble to keep up in the AI race Employees are rushing to learn new tools as layoffs and automation fuel widespread AI anxiety. Software developers and office workers across China are racing to install AI agents like OpenClaw, driven less by curiosity than by the fear of being replaced in an accelerating automation wave. restofworld.org/2026/china-ai- BUT, BUT, BUT... Some Are Saying... In case anybody is wondering, this is red flag DO NOT INSTALL software. They say.... "It's not a risk of a data leak, it IS a data leak." https://x.com/GetTheDailyDirt/status/2035954374283870526 FILED UNDER: #OpenClaw, #LobsterAI, #AIagent, #ChinaAI, #OpenSourceAI, #RaiseLobster, #ZhipuAI, #DeepSeek, #PeterSteinberger, #ClawBot, #AIenthusiasm, #ViralAI, #GitHubStar, #NextChatGPT, #JensenHuang, #NvidiaAI, #ChineseTech, #AutomationWave, #AIfever, #LobsterFever, #AIinChina, #RetireeAI, #SideHustleAI, #PracticalAI, #AgentEra, #OpenClawChina, #TechHype, #CybersecurityRisk, #DataLeak, #DontInstall, #RedFlagAI, #AIanxiety, #JobAutomation, #SquidGameAI, #WeChatAI, #TencentClaw, #BaiduLobster, #AlibabaAI, #OnePersonCompany, #AIstartup, #CounterpointResearch, #FastestGrowing, #LocalAI, #AutonomousAgent, #ToolConnecting, #LessIntervention, #BeijingEvent, #SchoolkidsAI, #AIgoldrush, #UninstallNow
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