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Tencent Integrates WeChat with OpenClaw AI Agent Amid China Tech Battle

FILE PHOTO: Tencent's logo is displayed at its booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Tencent's logo is displayed at its booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
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Tencent Integrates WeChat with OpenClaw AI Agent Amid China Tech Battle

FILE PHOTO: Tencent's logo is displayed at its booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Tencent's logo is displayed at its booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, September 11, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Tencent launched a tool on Sunday to integrate its WeChat messaging platform with the OpenClaw agent, deepening its push into AI agents that have become a key battleground among China's technology companies.

The software, called ClawBot, will appear as a contact within WeChat, allowing users of China's most popular app with over 1 billion monthly active users to connect directly ⁠with OpenClaw, Reuters reported.

Users can send ⁠and receive commands to interact with the AI agent through the messaging interface.

The integration comes as OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent that can perform tasks such as transferring files and ⁠sending emails on users' behalf, has gained traction in recent weeks.

Users have rushed to install and experiment with agent products, prompting tech firms to explore business opportunities even as authorities warn of security risks.

Tencent's WeChat integration follows the company's launch earlier this month of its own AI agent suite, comprising QClaw for individual ⁠users, ⁠Lighthouse for developers and WorkBuddy for enterprises.

Last week, Alibaba launched Wukong, an artificial intelligence platform for enterprises that coordinates multiple AI agents to handle complex business tasks including document editing and meeting transcription within a single interface.

Baidu quickly followed with a series of AI agents built on OpenClaw, spanning desktop software, cloud services, mobile tools and smart-home devices.

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ICAIRE Launches Global ‘AI Glossary Challenge’ to Promote Responsible Innovation

The initiative aims to promote the ethical use of modern technologies across international contexts
The initiative aims to promote the ethical use of modern technologies across international contexts
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ICAIRE Launches Global ‘AI Glossary Challenge’ to Promote Responsible Innovation

The initiative aims to promote the ethical use of modern technologies across international contexts
The initiative aims to promote the ethical use of modern technologies across international contexts

The International Center for AI Research and Ethics (ICAIRE), a Riyadh-based UNESCO affiliate, has launched the AI Glossary Challenge, inviting researchers, students, and practitioners to develop knowledge tools that support a responsible AI ecosystem.

By standardizing concepts and establishing a shared knowledge base, the initiative aims to promote the ethical use of modern technologies across international contexts.

The challenge comprises three specialized tracks: AI Glossary Tools for developing digital applications such as APIs and governance dashboards; Dataset Creation for building high-quality, bias-free cultural datasets; and Cultural Hallucinations Tools to detect and interpret contextual errors in large language models, enhancing their global adaptability.

Hosted on the Kaggle platform, the competition offers prizes to winning teams to foster a specialized community dedicated to AI ethics.

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Florida Launches Criminal Probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT Over Deadly Shooting

This illustration photograph taken in Mulhouse, eastern France on February 11, 2025, shows the logo of OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. (AFP)
This illustration photograph taken in Mulhouse, eastern France on February 11, 2025, shows the logo of OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. (AFP)
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Florida Launches Criminal Probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT Over Deadly Shooting

This illustration photograph taken in Mulhouse, eastern France on February 11, 2025, shows the logo of OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. (AFP)
This illustration photograph taken in Mulhouse, eastern France on February 11, 2025, shows the logo of OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. (AFP)

Florida ‌Attorney General James Uthmeier said on Tuesday the state was launching a criminal probe into OpenAI and its artificial intelligence app ChatGPT over a deadly shooting last year that killed two people at Florida State University.

A gunman killed two people and wounded six others at Florida State University in April last year before he was shot by officers and hospitalized. The suspect was charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted ‌murder.

"The chatbot advised ‌the shooter on what type ‌of ⁠gun to use, on ⁠which ammo went with which gun, on whether or not a gun would be useful at short range," Uthmeier said in a press briefing.

"If it was a person on the other end of that screen, we would be charging them with murder."

Uthmeier's ⁠office said the investigation will determine whether "OpenAI ‌bears criminal responsibility for ‌ChatGPT's actions in the shooting."

The Office of Statewide Prosecution subpoenaed OpenAI ‌for some information and records, it added.

The rise ‌of AI has fed a host of concerns ranging from worries that electricity demand by data centers could raise power prices for consumers, to fears that the technology could cost ‌workers their jobs or be used to disrupt the democratic process, turbocharge fraud ⁠or help ⁠people plan criminal activities.

An OpenAI spokeswoman told US media that the shooting was a tragedy, but the company had no responsibility. The spokeswoman said that after learning of the incident, OpenAI identified a ChatGPT account believed to be associated with the suspect and "proactively shared this information with law enforcement."

"In this case, ChatGPT provided factual responses to questions with information that could be found broadly across public sources on the internet, and it did not encourage or promote illegal or harmful activity," the OpenAI spokeswoman said.

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SK Hynix to Invest about $13 Bln in a New South Korea Plant to Meet AI Memory Demand

The SK Hynix logo appears in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. (Reuters)
The SK Hynix logo appears in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. (Reuters)
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SK Hynix to Invest about $13 Bln in a New South Korea Plant to Meet AI Memory Demand

The SK Hynix logo appears in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. (Reuters)
The SK Hynix logo appears in this illustration taken August 25, 2025. (Reuters)

SK Hynix said on Wednesday it plans to invest 19 trillion won ($12.85 billion) in a new manufacturing plant in South Korea for advanced packaging, to meet rising global demand ‌for AI ‌memory, with construction starting ‌this ⁠month.

The Nvidia supplier, ⁠one of the world's largest memory chipmakers, has been expanding production capacity to keep up with strong demand for ⁠artificial intelligence data centers.

The ‌South ‌Korean chipmaker said in a ‌statement that the new fab ‌plant will be dedicated to advanced packaging, a process essential for manufacturing AI ‌memory products such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips.

Earlier this ⁠year, ⁠SK Hynix said it has accelerated capacity expansion, including bringing forward the opening of a new memory chip plant in South Korea, as it seeks to meet surging demand.