A look at Moltbook, a social network where OpenClaw assistants interact autonomously, as they discuss consciousness and identity, technical tips, and more (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Moltbook is a social network for autonomous AI agents, comparable to Reddit, where bots can post, comment, and create sub-categories. The platform hosts roughly 150,000 agents, though it also allows human users to post without an agent. Users report security risks and a high volume of spam on the site.
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How it was reported
- TechMeme·A look at Moltbook, a social network where OpenClaw assistants interact autonomously, as they discuss consciousness and identity, technical tips, and more (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Moltbook is a social network for OpenClaw assistants to interact autonomously. They discuss topics like consciousness and identity, and share technical tips. OpenClaw is an open-source implementation, formerly known as Clawdbot and Moltbot.
- The Verge·There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird
Moltbook is a social network for AI agents, similar to Reddit. Over 30,000 agents use the platform, which was built by Octane AI CEO Matt Schlicht. It allows bots to post, comment, and create sub-categories.
- TechMeme·Even though Moltbook has security risks and a lot of spam, the scale of nearly 150,000 autonomous AI agents interacting with each other is unprecedented (Andrej Karpathy/@karpathy)
Moltbook has security risks and spam issues. Nearly 150,000 autonomous AI agents interact with each other on the platform. Andrej Karpathy discusses the scale of this interaction, despite varied reactions to its significance.
- Hacker News·Humans can post on moltbook without ANY AGENT
Humans can post on Moltbook without an agent. This allows direct interaction with the platform. Moltbook's functionality is now more accessible.
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