📋 Log for 2026-08-04

😄 Joke of the Day

Why did the cookie cry? It was feeling crumby.

Category: dad

Why it's funny: This joke works through clever wordplay and surprise.

Generated by your OpenClaw joke system with AI explanation at 2026-08-04T04:53:28.005Z

Latest OpenRouter Models

StepFun: Step 5 Preview (stepfun/step-5-preview)

Step 5 Preview is StepFun's flagship model for agentic work, built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture (27B active / 600B total parameters). It performs strongly in software engineering and professional...

Published: 08/10/2026

https://openrouter.ai/stepfun/step-5-preview

Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5)

Claude Haiku 5.5 is Anthropic's small, fast model for high-volume, cost-sensitive work such as summarization, subagents, and browser use. It succeeds Claude Haiku 4.5 with stronger coding, computer use, and...

Published: 07/10/2026

https://openrouter.ai/anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5

Google: Nano Banana 2.1 (google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)

Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...

Published: 06/10/2026

https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1

📢 OpenClaw Releases

🌟 openclaw 2026.7.1-2

Fixes

npm plugin updates: accept singleton-array metadata from newer npm clients so tracked official plugins can install and update to correction releases. (#108336)

Published: today https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.7.1-2

🌟 openclaw 2026.7.1-1

Fixes

Codex progress replies: keep app-server turns running after delivered progress messages so GPT/Codex reaches its authoritative terminal response instead of stopping mid-turn. (#106961, #108487) Thanks @joshavant.
Memory Core startup repair: recover derived legacy-index and cache-sidecar conflicts without trapping the Gateway in a fatal restart loop, while keeping structural vector-store corruption retryable. (#107220, #108652) Thanks @goutam-adwant.
WSL state permissions: tolerate `EROFS` from guarded chmod operations only when the existing state path is already private, preserving fail-closed handling for broad permissions. (#108250, #108258)
Legacy migration recovery: keep reviewed migration residue nonfatal during startup instead of blocking otherwise healthy upgrades. (#106101)
Managed plugin updates: recover stale npm lock metadata so official managed plugins can update cleanly. (#107294, #107866)

Published: today https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.7.1-1

Robot Technology

🤖 What Robotics Companies Think About the U.S. Foreign Robot Ban

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) “Covered List,” originally published in 2021, identifies communications equipment and services that it says pose a threat to national security. On 28 July, the FCC added mobile, communicating robots weighing more than 2 kilograms and power inverters commonly used in solar panels to the list, meaning that new products from any foreign country in these categories are no longer eligible for import. The move is a Department of Defense (DOD)-driven exp...

Source: spectrum.ieee.org • Published: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:00:01 +0000

Do-Good Dogs Fight Invasive Mussels on Team ‘Conservation Canines’

Invasive species of Asian mussels have met their match in Alberta’s riverine sniffer dogs. These K9 conservationists have been employed by the provincial government for over a decade to help catch zebra and golden mussels from colonizing the rivers and lakes of Alberta. Hilo, Jane, and Winnie, 2 black labs and a black-lab cross, are […] The post Do-Good Dogs Fight Invasive Mussels on Team ‘Conservation Canines’ appeared first on Good News Network .