China-Iran; MoD on US military use of AI; Guiding the OpenClaw frenzy
Sinocism | Bill Bishop | Substack [Unofficial]
March 11, 2026
Bloomberg reported Wednesday that “government agencies and state-owned enterprises, including the largest banks, have received notices in recent days warning them against installing OpenClaw software on office devices for security reasons”. That should not be a surprise, as we are entering the phase where the “lobster” will be tamed and controlled by a handful of the major Internet and AI companies who know how to mitigate the security and political risks while maximizing the usage and token revenue. Tencent may end up as the biggest winner of the “lobster” craze, as the excellent suggests in Why Tencent Needs OpenClaw More Than Any Other Chinese Tech Giant. The goal is not to kill the craze but to harness and secure it.
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