The Conversation

Moltbook: AI bots use social network to create religions and deal digital drugs – but are some really humans in disguise?

David Reid does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
The Atlantic

The Chatbots Appear to Be Organizing

The first signs of the apocalypse might look a little like Moltbook: a new social-media platform, launched last week, that is supposed to be populated exclusively by AI bots—1.6 million of them and ...
The New York Times

The Bots Are Plotting a Revolution, and It’s All Very Cringe

Dr. Weatherby is the director of the Digital Theory Lab at New York University. There’s a new social media site, but you’re not allowed to join; it’s for artificial intelligence agents only. Last week ...
The Washington Post

A bots-only social network triggers fears of an AI uprising

Mark Martel, a retiree in Silicon Valley, likes to keep tabs on what’s new with AI, noting with interest advancements like large language models and coding bots. This week’s top posts on an AI-focused ...
CNN

What is Moltbook, the social networking site for AI bots – and should we be scared?

What happens when thousands of AI agents get together online and talk like humans do? That’s what a new social network called Moltbook, designed just for AI bots and not people, aims to find out. And ...
Bleeping Computer

Malicious MoltBot skills used to push password-stealing malware

More than 230 malicious packages for the personal AI assistant OpenClaw (formerly known as Moltbot and ClawdBot) have been published in less than a week on the tool’s official registry and on GitHub.
Cleveland.com

Inside Ohio State football’s ‘mindful’ approach to adding sponsorship patches onto its iconic jerseys

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State’s athletic department is looking to take advantage of a revenue opportunity recently approved by the NCAA: commercial jersey patches. Athletics director Ross Bjork ...
The Economist

A social network for AI agents is full of introspection—and threats

At first glance, Moltbook looks like a regular online chat room. Users post about topics from engineering to philosophy, reply with comments and upvote the best for social kudos. Frequenters of Reddit ...
Lifehacker

'Moltbook' Is a Social Media Platform for AI Bots to Chat With Each Other

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
Bleeping Computer

Initial access hackers switch to Tsundere Bot for ransomware attacks

A prolific initial access broker tracked as TA584 has been observed using the Tsundere Bot alongside XWorm remote access trojan to gain network access that could lead to ransomware attacks. Proofpoint ...
Nature

AI chatbots are infiltrating social-science surveys — and getting better at avoiding detection

A tool that has helped to transform modern social-science research is under threat thanks to artificial intelligence. Researchers are warning that a wave of chatbots impersonating people could corrupt ...
Game Rant

Hytale Modders Are Adding Pokemon to the Game

Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Being a gamer all his life and enjoying everything from ARPGs like Diablo to JRPGs like Pokemon and Persona, ...