China’s OpenClaw Frenzy Tests Xi’s Approach to Regulate AI

The OpenClaw frenzy that spread throughout China is testing Beijing’s approach to artificial intelligence, as it seeks to balance the push for cutting-edge innovation against concerns over data security.

Tech giants and consumers have rushed to embrace the agentic AI phenomenon in the past few weeks and at its peak hundreds of people queued outside a tech shop in Shenzhen for help installing the software.