From Chatbots to "Digital Workers": How OpenClaw is Leading a New Wave of AI Agents
Author: 137Labs
In the past few years, most people's impression of artificial intelligence has remained at the level of "dialogue assistant": input questions, get answers. However, a new form of AI is changing this perception. The emergence of OpenClaw has shifted AI from "answering questions" to "performing tasks directly." It can connect to communication tools like WeChat, Feishu, Telegram, and access emails, file systems, and various online services through APIs, enabling tasks such as automatic file organization, coding, sending emails, managing schedules, and executing complex workflows. In other words, OpenClaw is no longer just an assistant in a chat window but a "digital worker" capable of continuously performing tasks in real work environments.
As this concept gradually matures, OpenClaw is becoming an important representative in the AI Agent field. It does not