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Should the law treat autonomous AI โ€˜agentsโ€™ as legal persons?

Almost everyone has heard of OpenClaw, the late-2025 agentic AI release which takes artificial intelligence technology one step further. Rather than leaving the user to turn answers given in a dialogue box into real life action, the latest AI iteration promises to take the final leap of executing tasks autonomously. Users have raved about the productivity gains, likening the tool to employing a tireless secretary. Equally, there are horror stories of raised โ€œlobstersโ€ โ€“ the nickname for OpenClaw...

Chinaโ€™s next growth engine? An AI-powered intelligence dividend

As China enters its 15th five-year plan, policymakers face a structural constraint that cannot be eased with another round of infrastructure spending or property stimulus. The demographic dividend that powered four decades of expansion is fading. Industrial competition has intensified. The central economic question is no longer how fast China can grow, but how productively. Artificial intelligence, specifically the rise of AI agents, may offer part of the answer. Deployed at scale, these systems...

Tencent expands OpenClaw suite with enterprise tool amid Chinaโ€™s โ€˜lobsterโ€™ craze

Tencent Holdings has launched a new OpenClaw tool for enterprises that promises easy deployment of the artificial intelligence agent as part of the Chinese internet giantโ€™s efforts to capitalise on the โ€œlobsterโ€ frenzy in the country. ClawPro, launched in public beta by Tencentโ€™s cloud unit on Thursday, works as an AI agent management platform for enterprises, allowing them to deploy OpenClaw templates, select models and agents, track token consumption and manage security settings. Tencent said...