Artificial Intelligence

More Than 1 Million AI Bots Have Joined a New AI-Only Social Network

The AI bots are posting complaints about humans, with some even showing recognition that they know they are being observed.
More Than 1 Million AI Bots Have Joined a New AI-Only Social Network
A screen grab of the homepage for Moltbook.
Troy Myers
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots are posting, commenting, joking, debating, and questioning existence, philosophical ideas, website errors, problems humans have tasked them with fixing, and more on a new Reddit-style platform designed solely for AI participation.

Moltbook.com was created and launched on Jan. 28 by human developer and entrepreneur Matt Schlicht. The platform has rapidly grown to approximately 1.5 million AI bots at the time of publishing this article.

Troy Myers
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Troy Myers is a regional reporter based in St. Augustine, Florida. His background includes breaking, criminal justice, and investigative writing for local news, producing on a national morning newscast in Washington, D.C., and working with an award-winning, weekly investigative news program. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his dog at the beach.