OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network

The viral personal AI assistant formerly known as Clawdbot has a new shell — again. After briefly rebranding as Moltbot, it ...
CNET

Clawdbot, Moltbot, OpenClaw? The Wild Ride of This Viral AI Agent

An AI tool that can text you and use your apps blew up online. One week and two rebrands later, the question remains: Should you actually use it?
Scientific American

Moltbot—what happens when AI stops chatting and starts doing

This open-source agent installs software, makes calls and runs your digital life—redefining what “digital assistants” are supposed to do ...

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it’s getting weird fast

On Friday, a Reddit-style social network called Moltbook reportedly crossed 32,000 registered AI agent users, creating what may be the largest-scale experiment in machine-to-machine social interaction ...

Toborlife AI Provided Unitree Go2 Robot to Shoal River Middle School for Foundational AI and Coding

Toborlife AI provided Unitree Go2 Edu robots at Shoal River Middle School in Crestview, FL, enhancing their STEM ...
eWeek

1X Neo Binge-Watches YouTube to Learn Your Chores

Who knew binge-watching YouTube could count as robotics R&D? 1X has plugged a 14-billion-parameter 1X World Model (1XWM) into ...
Los Angeles Times

Humanoid robots pour coffee and fold laundry at CES trade show — but painfully slowly

At the CES trade show in Las Vegas this week, robots poured coffee, played ping pong, dealt poker hands and folded laundry — all within a few feet of one another. Human-inspired robots, aptly called ...
PC Magazine

This $1,500 Robotic Puppy Gave Me the Emotional Support I Needed at CES This Year

Designed for seniors with dementia, the Tombot Jennie is the most realistic robot pet I've ever seen. It even helped comfort me with missing my real dog back at home. I'm PCMag's managing editor for ...
Reuters

Auto industry expands open-source pact to boost development, cut costs

BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - More than 30 companies across the automotive supply chain have agreed to collaborate on open-source software to develop next-generation cars and cut costs, the German ...
Engadget

Dreame's robot vacuum with an arm is back at CES 2026 and it can do more than pick up shoes

Last year at CES, Dreame showed off a robot vacuum prototype with a mechanical arm. But while we were able to see the arm extend and retract, we didn’t see the device, which was described as a ...
The Verge

CES promises the robot butler, but delivers better Roombas instead

The do-it-all home robot won’t be here any time soon. The do-it-all home robot won’t be here any time soon. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at ...
Morningstar

AGIBOT Unveils Genie Sim 3.0 at CES 2026, the First Open-Source Simulation Platform Built on Real-World Robot Operations

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AGIBOT, a leading robotics company specializing in embodied intelligence, today introduced Genie Sim 3.0 at CES 2026, a next-generation robot simulation ...