Is OpenClaw about to burst the AI bubble?
The Times Tech Podcast
Will Morley
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
A new open-source AI agent called OpenClaw has set Silicon Valley buzzing and with a single line of code, anyone can use it. Does this free tool threaten the AI business models behind trillion-dollar Big Tech IPOs, and could it signal a looming AI bubble? Plus, Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott also speak to Jurgi Camblong, founder and CEO of SOPHiA Genetics, about how AI is already being used in hospitals to decode complex medical data and transform cancer diagnosis and care.
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| 0:00.0 | Katie, I've formulated a plan. |
| 0:05.0 | A plan? We never have a plan. |
| 0:08.0 | No, I have a plan for when AI takes over and we're all out of a job. |
| 0:15.0 | So I've sent you a link. |
| 0:17.0 | I've got the plan on WhatsApp. |
| 0:19.0 | This is a plan I've sorted. |
| 0:20.0 | Oh, cool. We can put ourselves up for rent. |
| 0:24.6 | Yes. |
| 0:25.6 | Forget renting out your house or your car. |
| 0:29.6 | Robots need your body. |
| 0:31.6 | Rentahuman. |
| 0:32.6 | A.I. |
| 0:33.6 | It's a bit of a joke, but it's also a thing. |
| 0:36.6 | It's a new thing. They build it as the meat space layer for AI. |
| 0:41.3 | I've joined the meat space. |
| 0:43.3 | It's so weird. |
| 0:45.3 | It's like a dating site in that it's got a really fast scrolling list of available humans ready to be rented. |
| 0:55.3 | I'm an available human. |
| 0:59.3 | So the idea is that now we have all these agents who can run around and do stuff autonomously. |
| 1:00.9 | But, you know, they still don't have hands or feet. |
| 1:05.0 | But I do. |
| 1:06.0 | Can you charge more because you're taller than everybody else? |
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