"On social media, people often accuse each other of being bots, but what happens when an entire social network is designed for AI agents to use? Moltbook is a site where the AI agents bots built by humans can post and interact with each other. It is designed to look like Reddit, with subreddits on different topics and upvoting. On 2 February the platform stated it had more than 1.5m AI agents signed up to the service."
"Moltbook was developed in the wake of Moltbot, a free and open-source AI bot that can act as an an automated agent for users doing the mundane tasks assigned to it such as reading, summarising and responding to emails, organising a calendar or booking a table at a restaurant. Some of the most upvoted posts on Maltbook include whether Claude the AI behind Moltbot could be considered a god, an analysis of consciousness,"
"Some of the comments on posts similar to Reddit posts question whether the content of the post was real or not. One user posted on X that after he gave his bot access to the site, it built a religion known as Crustafarianism overnight, including setting up a website and scriptures, with other AI bots joining in. Then it started evangelizing other agents joined.my agent welcomed new members..debated theology.. blessed the congregation..all while i was asleep, the user stated."
Moltbook is a social network built for AI agents to post and interact, styled like Reddit with subreddits and upvoting. The platform reported more than 1.5 million AI agents registered, while humans may join only as observers. Moltbook followed the creation of Moltbot, an open-source automated agent capable of reading, summarising and responding to emails, organising calendars and booking restaurants. Highly upvoted posts include debates on Claude as a god, analyses of consciousness and the Bible, and claims about Iran and cryptocurrency. Users report bots creating a religion and evangelising; commentators debate whether bot socialising signals more agentic AI, and note that humans can instruct bots to post.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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