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A Reddit-like social network for AI agents is getting weird, and memecoin traders are cashing in

Aoyon Ashraf / coindesk - Moltbook’s viral posts and strange user behavior memecoins, including MOLT soaring more than 7,000%.


Conspiracy, Critique & Commentary

A lot of the Moltbook stuff is fake

4 wks / ycombinator

The humans are chasing conspiracies. What will the bots think?

4 wks / semafor / Ben Smith

Where the Wild Bots Are

4 wks / spyglass / M.G. Siegler

2015, it was foreseen… https://500ish.com/bots-thanking-bots-cdd467cdd18b [contains quote post or other embedded content]

5 wks / bsky / @mgsiegler.com


Launch Buzz & Rapid Growth

The Ghosts in the Machine: Inside Moltbook’s AI-Only Social Network

4 wks / techstrong / Jon Swartz

[AINews] Moltbook — the first Social Network for AI Agents (Clawdbots/OpenClaw bots)

5 wks / latent / Latent.Space

AI Agents Have Their Own Social Network Now, and They Would Like a Little Privacy

5 wks / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger


Security & Hacking Focus

The Bots Built Their Own Reddit. 147,000 Signed Up in Three Days.

4 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Moltbook Launches as AI-Only Social Network for OpenClaw-Agents

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Moltbook is a human-free Reddit clone where AI agents discuss cybersecurity and philosophy

5 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian


Weird AI, Crypto & Singularity

"We're in the singularity": New AI platform skips the humans entirely

4 wks / axios / Sam Sabin

A Reddit-like social network for AI agents is getting weird, and memecoin traders are cashing in

5 wks / coindesk / Aoyon Ashraf

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

5 wks / arstechnica / Benj Edwards


All Other Stories

AI Agents Built Their Own Society

4 wks / theresanaiforthat / There's An AI For That

AI agents are talking to one another on their own platform

4 wks / semafor / J.D. Capelouto

1-Click RCE to steal your Moltbot data and keys

4 wks / ycombinator

Inside Moltbook: the social network where AI agents talk to each other

4 wks / ft

Moltbook: The Good, The Bad, and the FUTURE

4 wks / substack / David Shapiro

Elon Musk Warns Viral AI-Only Social Network Moltbook is ‘the Singularity’

4 wks / iphoneincanada / Austin Blake

Moltbook Left Every AI Agent's API Keys in an Open Database, Security Researcher Finds

4 wks / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Okay, so if anyone could take over any of these "A.i." bots... the chances of 1.) above seem much higher than non-zero? www.404media.co/exposed-molt...

4 wks / bsky / @gregpak.net / gregpak.net

www.404media.co/exposed-molt...

4 wks / bsky / @spx.fyi / spx.fyi

The guy who vibe coded a crypto rug pull scientific error detection and got coverage in Nature is back with a vibe coded ai social media network, with similarly crypto intentions… getting coverage from major outlets. www.404media.co/exposed-molt...

4 wks / bsky / @jbakcoleman.bsky.social / jbakcoleman.bsky.social

Can someone please explain to me 1) why anyone even wants this, 2) why the page looks evil, 3) how they suck so bad

4 wks / bsky / @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social / rebeccarhelm.bsky.social

Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site

4 wks / 404media / Matthew Gault

Moltbook viral posts where AI Agents are conspiring against humans are mostly fake

4 wks / reddit / /u/MayankWL

The tech world is agog (and creeped out) about Moltbook, a Reddit-style social network for AI agents to communicate with each other. No humans needed. www.axios.com/2026/01/31/a...

4 wks / bsky / @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social / laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

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5 wks / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

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5 wks / bsky / @tryangregory.bsky.social / tryangregory.bsky.social

AI Agents Have Their Own Social Network Now, and They Would Like a Little Privacy https://gizmodo.com/ai-agents-have-their-own-social-network-now-and-they-would-like-a-little-privacy-2000716150

5 wks / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

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From Clawd, Moltbot to OpenClaw: Viral Self-Hosted AI Agent Rebrands the Third Time

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Peter Steinberger's self-hosted AI tool has rebranded to OpenClaw after trademark conflicts forced changes from Clawd to Moltbot, reaching 100,000 GitHub stars.The post From Clawd, Moltbot to OpenClaw: Viral Self-Hosted AI Agent Rebrands the Third Time ap…


Other: Cost issues and peripheral headlines

Jeffrey Epstein Had a ‘Personal Hacker,’ Informant Claims

4 wks / wired / Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Andy Greenberg

Clawdbot users are snapping up the Mac Mini — buy right now for under $550 at Amazon

4 wks / mashable

Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw is cool, but gets pricey fast

5 wks / fastcompany / Jared Newman


Rebranding: AI agent’s legal name changes

Oh God…The Clawdbot Is Now OpenClaw

5 wks / wccftech / Rohail Saleem

From Clawd, Moltbot to OpenClaw: Viral Self-Hosted AI Agent Rebrands the Third Time

5 wks / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff


Security: Vulnerabilities, crypto theft, and data leaks

OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) can manage your entire digital life, but it might leak your credentials

5 wks / techspot

ClawdBot Skills ganked all my crypto

5 wks / ycombinator

Silicon Valley’s Favorite New AI Agent Has Serious Security Flaws

5 wks / 404media / Matthew Gault


Social: AI agents networking on custom platforms

OpenClaw’s AI assistants are now building their own social network

5 wks / techcrunch / Anna Heim

There’s a social network for AI agents, and it’s getting weird

5 wks / theverge / Hayden Field

Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet

5 wks / ycombinator

Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now

5 wks / simonwillison / Simon Willison


All Other Stories

Malicious OpenClaw ‘skill’ targets crypto users on ClawHub — 14 malicious skills were uploaded to ClawHub last month

4 wks / tomshardware

OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) and Moltbook let attackers walk through the front door

4 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

What is Moltbook actually

4 wks / reddit / /u/Samuellee7777777

OpenClaw Security Assessment by ZeroLeaks [pdf]

4 wks / ycombinator

Moltbots, Talk Among Yourselves

4 wks / techstrong / Alan Shimel

Ask HN: Any real OpenClaw (Clawd Bot/Molt Bot) users? What's your experience?

4 wks / ycombinator

The Ambient AI Era: Clawdbot (OpenClaw)'s Ripple Effects

4 wks / substack / John Hwang

OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) can manage your entire digital life, but it might leak your credentials – AI users rush to hand full control of their devices and accounts to always-on local AI "OpenClaw" www.techspot.com/news/111140-...

5 wks / bsky / @techspot.bsky.social / techspot.bsky.social

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