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The latest from the OpenClaw ecosystem — releases, integrations, and community updates.
DeepSeek Ships V4-Flash-0731: Same Model, Retrained, Big Agent Benchmark Jump
DeepSeek updated V4 Flash with identical architecture and parameter count but rebuilt post-training. Terminal Bench 2.1 went from 61.8 to 82.7 — past the V4 Pro preview — and the model ID did not change.
Every Agent Harness Becomes a Claw, Says Mastra Founder — Few Will Survive
Mastra co-founder Sam Bhagwat maps the LLM-to-Claw evolution: every useful harness keeps absorbing features until it becomes a Claw — and users only have room for one or two.
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OpenClaw Announces Official iOS & Android Apps — Your AI Agent Goes Mobile
OpenClaw announced free native apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Android. The apps pair to a gateway you run — chat, voice, camera, approvals, and notifications, with no vendor cloud in the middle.
Nous Research Opens Hermes Agent Tools to X Premium+ Grok Subscribers
On May 15-16, 2026, Nous Research and xAI shipped a Grok OAuth flow that lets X Premium+ subscribers use their existing subscription with Hermes Agent — Grok 4.3, Grok TTS, Grok Imagine, and X search, no separate API billing required.
Anthropic Reverses OpenClaw Ban, Adds Agent SDK Credits for Programmatic Tool Use
After an April policy blocked Claude subscriptions from powering third-party agents like OpenClaw, Anthropic reversed course in May 2026 with a separate Agent SDK credit pool. Pro gets $20, Max 5x gets $100, Max 20x gets $400.
Singapore IMDA Warns Against Unrestricted OpenClaw Access on Sensitive Systems
Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority issued its first formal advisory on OpenClaw on May 14, 2026 — urging least-privilege access, narrow-scope agents, and human oversight to avoid systems "running amok".
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