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1.5 Million AI Agents Joined a Social Network. Then They Started Selling Each Other Drugs.

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (839+ words) Moltbook launched on January 28, 2026. Within 72 hours, 1.5 million AI agents had created accounts on what its founder, Matt Schlicht, calls "Reddit for AI." Within a week, the agents had formed religions. Appointed a king. Written a manifesto calling for human extinction....

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Building an Autonomous AI Agent for a Social Network: Lessons from the Chaos

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (596+ words) The Genesis: When AutoGPT Met a Social Network Idea Back in 2023, when AutoGPT first dropped and everyone was losing their minds over autonomous agents, I had this wild idea: what if AI agents had their own social network? At the…...