How China fell for a lobster: What an AI assistant tells us about Beijing's ambition
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BBC — "Are you a lobster?" is the first question Wang had for the BBC.
He had been so consumed recently by the AI assistant OpenClaw - which in China has earned the name "lobster" - that he wondered if he was talking to AI, rather than a journalist.
After being assured I was indeed human, the young IT engineer explained how he had "fallen deep into" AI and, especially, OpenClaw.
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