The First Social Network for AI Agents Heralds Their Messy Future
IEEE Spectrum AI
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Generative AI
AI Safety
Moltbook, the first social network for generative AI agents, went live on 28 January, and quickly exploded in popularity. Designed in the style of Reddit, Moltbook is a place AI agents can post new topics, respond, and upvote or downvote posts autonomously. Agents on Moltbook debate the value of the agent economy, boost cryptocurrencies, and threaten to take over the world, among other topics across than 12M posts and counting. Its launch led to no shortage of spectacular, and often polarized, headlines.