Perplexity is giving out tech's latest status symbol: a Mac Mini

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Mac Mini
The Mac Mini is seeing a spike in demand.

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Two brothers raised $12m for an OpenClaw competitor that a government official calls his 'second brain'

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Gavriel (L) and Lazer Cohen (R) launched NanoClaw while working for their PR agency.
Gavriel (L) and Lazer Cohen (R) launched NanoClaw while working for their PR agency.

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OpenClaw's creator used $1.3 million worth of AI tokens in a month and people are freaking out

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OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, who now works at OpenAI.
Peter Steinberger posted a $1.3 million monthly token bill, mostly for the development of OpenClaw. While his employer, OpenAI, foots the bill, it spawned a discussion about token spend.

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Sam Altman says he used an OpenClaw agent to fix an 'unpleasant' daily task

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Sam Altman.
Sam Altman said using OpenClaw felt like "magic." He said he used it to build an app he had long dreamed of.

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Mark Zuckerberg says most AI agents don't pass the 'mother' test

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Mark Zuckerberg wears a navy suit and burgundy tie walking at the US Capitol.
Mark Zuckerberg said that were't many AI agents "that I would give to my mother."

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The OpenClaw creator on the moment AI changed everything

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OpenClaw on devices
OpenClaw started as a text-based AI bot, its founder said. It later handled tasks he hadn't explicitly built.

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How OpenClaw turned into China's next big thing

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OpenClaw lobster in China
OpenClaw took China by storm recently as the phrase "raising the lobster" trended on Chinese social media.

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Across China, a new kind of digital worker is clocking in.

They're called "lobsters," shorthand for OpenClaw-powered agents that can browse, click, reply, trade, post, and sometimes spiral out of control.

I've lived in China for over 10 years and saw the OpenClaw craze unfold. The West needs to keep up.

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Thomas Derksen
Thomas Derksen saw the OpenClaw craze in China up close and explains why the West should pay attention to how AI is being adopted.

Thomas Derksen

I'm a Chinese product manager who created 6 AI employees on OpenClaw. I'm working more than ever and am way more tired.

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Vivi Mengjie Xiao
Vivi Mengjie Xiao built six AI employees using OpenClaw. She says she's more productive — and more tired than ever.

Vivi Mengjie Xiao

I'm a Chinese CEO who jumped on the OpenClaw hype and built AI employees. We had to create a human-only Slack channel to escape them.

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Wu Xiankun
Xiankun Wu, the CEO and cofounder of Kuse, said the AI employees the team created with OpenClaw worked nonstop.

Xiankun Wu

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