ThursdAI — the weekly AI news podcast hosted by Alex Volkov — has covered 2 OpenClaw releases since Apr 2026, most recently OpenClaw 2.0 on Sep 3, 2026. Highlights include OpenClaw 2026.4.5, OpenClaw 2.0. All 2 shipped with open weights. Every entry below has primary-source links, key numbers and the episode segment where we covered it live.
OpenClaw 2.0: native computer use via Cua Driver, cloud fleets, 16,977 PRs
The open-source agent framework's 2.0 release adds native computer use through Cua's driver, cloud fleets, a gateway, and platform support spanning Mac, Linux, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, Wear OS, and Docker, after 16,977 pull requests. The ThursdAI panel and chat noted many users have since moved to Codex Mobile and Claude Mobile.
OpenClaw 2026.4.5 ships /dreaming memory consolidation
OpenClaw's biggest release since 4.0: /dreaming goes GA with Light/Deep/REM memory consolidation phases that defrag agent memory into a human-readable Dream Diary (DREAMS.md). The release also adds built-in video and music generation across 4 backends, GPT-5.4 as the new default model, prompt-cache reuse improvements, and Control UI plus docs in 12 new languages. Maintainer Vincent Koc says the ~1.5M-line codebase was refactored into a plugin architecture in nine days.
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