China fell for a lobster: What an AI assistant tells us about Beijing's ambition (bbc.com) AI

A BBC report says China’s “lobster” craze around the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw reflects Beijing’s drive to push AI adoption through the government-led “AI Plus” strategy. The tool’s openness and limited access to Western models have helped it spread quickly among businesses and ordinary users, but official cybersecurity warnings and bans over security risks have cooled some enthusiasm. The article also links the trend to fears about job competition and the push to enable smaller, even one-person, AI-aided startups.