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The Tech Download: Meta, Google enter AI agent race as ‘agentic wars’ heat up

CNBC · May 8, 2026, 11:05 AM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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  • Earlier this year, agentic AI tool Open Claw went viral and everyone and their grandmas were queuing up to get the digital assistant downloaded on their devices.
  • Nvidia's Jensen Huang was effusive with praise, calling the tool the "next ChatGPT," and OpenAI snapped up OpenClaw's creator Peter Steinberger (a sign of the AI lab's own intent in the space).

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Earlier this year, agentic AI tool Open Claw went viral and everyone and their grandmas were queuing up to get the digital assistant downloaded on their devices.

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