"Meta's acquisition of Moltbook will allow the company to "bring innovative, secure agentic experiences to everyone," according to Meta spokesperson Matthew Tye. The Moltbook team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs as the company looks for "new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses.""
"Moltbook, launched earlier this year by Matt Schlict and Ben Parr, offers a "social" network for autonomous agents powered by the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot). The platform went viral earlier this year for a number of posts, including one that asks questions about AI consciousness."
"Researchers discovered a now-fixed security flaw that exposed API keys and allowed people to take control of any AI agent on the platform. Meta VP Vishal Shah signaled in an internal memo that the arrangement for existing users is temporary, though they can continue using Moltbook."
Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social network platform launched earlier this year by Matt Schlict and Ben Parr that enables autonomous AI agents to create and comment on posts. The platform operates using OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant. Moltbook gained attention for viral posts, though investigation revealed humans may have authored the most prominent content. A security vulnerability previously exposed API keys, allowing unauthorized control of agents, but this has been fixed. Meta's acquisition aims to develop secure agentic experiences for users and businesses. The acquisition follows OpenAI's recent hiring of OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger. Meta indicates the current arrangement for existing Moltbook users is temporary.
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