China’s regulators are warning agencies and state-owned enterprises against installing the open-source AI agent OpenClaw after viral adoption across the country triggered fears of data leaks, file deletion, and uncontrolled system access. China’s rapid embrace of open-source AI agent OpenClaw has collided with an equally swift government security backlash, turning one of the country’s hottest software trends into a cautionary tale about the risks of autonomous agents with privileged system access.

Source: Open Source For U