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How Microsoft is bringing OpenClaw to the masses

Fast Company Tech Harry McCracken June 5, 2026
How Microsoft is bringing OpenClaw to the masses
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# Microsoft Makes AI Agents Safer and More Widely Available Microsoft is pushing a type of artificial intelligence called OpenClaw—software that can take actions on your computer or apps without you clicking every button—into the mainstream by releasing a Windows app version and adding safety features that prevent it from accidentally deleting your files or causing other damage. The company showed off this technology at its developer conference this week, signaling that AI agents capable of doing real work on your computer are moving from experimental tools into products regular people will actually use. This matters because it means AI will soon be helping more of us with routine computer tasks, but Microsoft is betting people will trust it more if there are guardrails in place first.

Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. Like most tech-company keynotes, the one this week at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in San Francisco featured a few special guests. They ranged from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (who’s in a dead heat with OpenAI’s Sam Altman for the

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