Lobster Agents Fuel China Side‑Hustles

OpenClaw and local forks (nicknamed 'lobsters') are being adopted by retirees, parents and children in China who train personalized agents to automate tasks, organize specialized knowledge, and even generate income. The phenomenon has spread into everyday spaces like parent WeChat groups and community training events, showing agents are now cultural practices as well as tools. — If open‑source agents become easy enough for non‑experts to train and monetize, they could redistribute economic opportunity, shift platform competition, and raise new regulatory and labor questions about ownership, liability and data use.