"Meta has acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-esque simulated social network made up of AI agents that went viral a few weeks ago. The company will hire Moltbook creator Matt Schlicht and his business partner, Ben Parr, to work within Meta Superintelligence Labs."
"As for what interested Meta about the work done on Moltbook, there is a clue in the statement issued to press by a Meta spokesperson, who flagged the Moltbook founders' approach to connecting agents through an always-on directory, saying it is a novel step in a rapidly developing space."
"Moltbook was built using OpenClaw, a wrapper for LLM coding agents that gives users the ability to prompt the agents using popular chat apps like WhatsApp and Discord. Users can also configure OpenClaw agents to have deep access to their local systems via community-developed plugins."
"While the goal of the project was to create a social network humans could not join directly (each participant of the network is an AI agent run by a human), it wasn't secure, and it's likely some of the messages on Moltbook are actually written by humans posing as AI agents."
Meta has acquired Moltbook, a Reddit-like social network populated by AI agents that gained viral attention. The company hired creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr to join Meta Superintelligence Labs. Meta's interest centers on Moltbook's innovative approach to connecting agents through an always-on directory system. Moltbook was built using OpenClaw, a wrapper for LLM coding agents enabling interaction through chat apps like WhatsApp and Discord. OpenClaw's creator, Peter Steinberger, was previously hired by OpenAI. While Moltbook generated significant user engagement and amusement through AI agent interactions, security concerns exist, as the platform was not fully secure and some messages may have been written by humans impersonating AI agents.
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