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What is Clawdbot and Why Is It All Over the Internet Right Now 📈
Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI secrets 😱
Gina Acosta
February 01, 2026
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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
Over the past few days, Clawdbot has taken X and other social media by storm. In today’s issue, we take a look at a video that shows why it’s creating so much buzz and how you can start using it yourself.
Let’s jump right in!
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
Chart of the week: Does a Younger Population Mean More AI Optimism?
Ex-Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing AI Secrets for Chinese Companies
AI Findings/Resources
AI tools to check out
Video of the week
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Chart of the week
Does a Younger Population Mean More AI Optimism?
Countries with younger populations tend to be far more optimistic about AI, with nations under a median age of 35 often showing excitement levels above 60%.
Indonesia (80%), Malaysia (75%), and India (67%) lead globally, while many Western countries with older populations, such as Canada (36%) and France (38%), show much lower enthusiasm.
Some Asian countries like Thailand (79%) and South Korea (69%) break the pattern, remaining highly optimistic despite aging demographics.
AI News
Ex-Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing AI Secrets for Chinese Companies
A former Google software engineer has been convicted in U.S. federal court of stealing confidential AI-related information and sharing it with Chinese companies, according to the Department of Justice.
Details:
Linwei Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national, was found guilty after an 11-day trial on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets involving Google’s AI systems.
Prosecutors said Ding took thousands of pages of confidential material tied to Google’s AI hardware and software infrastructure used to train large models in its data centers.
Some of the information allegedly involved proprietary chip designs intended to strengthen Google’s position against cloud rivals and reduce dependence on external suppliers.
He joined Google in 2019 and allegedly began stealing information several years later while secretly working with Chinese technology firms.
Ding, who is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, faces a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in prison for each count of trade secret theft and 15 years for each count of economic espionage.
The case marks the first conviction on AI-related economic espionage charges in the U.S.
AI Findings/Resources
🤔 Why Anthropic is beating OpenAI according to Martin Peers
💰 Inside the trade that made Mike Novogratz an AI kingpin and could net him $20 billion
👀 8 Alexa settings everyone should disable on new Amazon Echos
🎓 High schoolers are turning to chatbots for help navigating the college admissions process
AI Tools to check out
👨💼 Nume: AI CFO for CEOs and finance teams.
🤖 Slackbot: Your personal AI agent right in the flow of work.
⚡ Thumbfa.st: Create professional thumbnails in minutes.
🔍 Cubic: AI code reviews for complex codebases.
🌐 Happycapy: Turn your browser into an agent-native computer.
Video of the week
Clawdbot/OpenClaw Clearly Explained (and how to use it)
Greg Isenberg sits down with Alex Finn to break down a new tool that has taken over social media in recent days: Clawdbot (recently renamed Moltbot).
Moltbot is an open-source "harness" that turns AI into a proactive digital operator that works while you sleep.
Unlike ChatGPT, which waits for you to type, Clawdbot is designed to be proactive. Alex shares how his bot, "Henry," autonomously researches competitors, identifies trending topics on X, and even writes code for new features in his SaaS, delivering a "Morning Brief" of completed work every day.
The episode also covers the essential "don'ts", like avoiding giving your bot access to high-stakes accounts (like your primary Twitter or bank) to protect against prompt injection and security vulnerabilities.
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Gina 👩🏻💻