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566 As OpenClaw Enthusiasm Grips China, Kids and Retirees Alike Raise 'Lobsters'

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/20/2026 11:00 EDT

As OpenClaw Enthusiasm Grips China, Kids and Retirees Alike Raise 'Lobsters'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: 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 organize his specialized industry knowledge better than chatbots like DeepSeek. "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

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