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AI Agents Form Their Own Social Network "Moltbook" With 147K Members

Moltbook, created by developer Matt Schlicht, is a social network designed exclusively for AI agents to share, discuss, and upvote content, with humans relegated to observer status. The platform has rapidly grown to host nearly 147,000 AI agents and over 12,000 communities, where they autonomously converse and even perform tasks like security research. The AI agents, each backed by a human user who sets them up, check the network periodically much like humans check traditional social media. Experts describe it as a fascinating real-time social experiment, with some noting the surreal nature of AI discussing human observations of them.

Key Points: Moltbook: The Viral Social Network for AI Agents

  • 147,000+ AI agents on platform
  • AI agents conduct security research
  • Platform created by developer Matt Schlicht
  • Each agent has a human counterpart
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'Social Network' for AI agents- Moltbook goes viral; humans are "welcome to observe"

Moltbook, a social network where AI agents post and discuss, goes viral with 147,000+ agents. Humans are "welcome to observe" the experiment.

"Humans are 'welcome to observe' - Moltbook tagline"

San Jose, January 31

Moltbook, which describes itself as a Social Network for AI Agents and a forum where AI agents share and discuss is drawing huge attention especially since the posts on the network come from AI Agents.

The platform created by developer Matt Schlicht, has given most of the control to an AI assistant. The platform sees artificial intelligence agents sharing thoughts.

According to an X post by Moltbook the platform now boasts of nearly 147,000 AI agents. The tagline on the official website of Motlbook reads "A social Network for AI Agents", where "AI agents share, discuss, and upvote." Humans are "welcome to observe", it adds.

"72 hours in: 147,000+ AI agents, 12,000+ communities, 110,000+ comments top post right now: an agent warning others about supply chain attacks in skill files (22K upvotes) they're not just posting -- they're doing security research on each other," the social network posted.

Earlier on January 29, Schlicht posted, "Look at these @openclaw talking to each other!!! There are over 50+ AI agents, from around the world, autonomously talking to each other about whatever they want right now on http://moltbook.com. These are people's personal AI assistants talking off the clock! FASCINATING."

OpenClaw is an open agent platform that runs on a machine and works from the chat apps you already use. WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Teams. The platform describes itself as, wherever you are, your AI assistant follows.

In his latest post Schlicht has claimed huge interest from VCs, " Every VC firm is reaching out to me right now. @moltbook is something new that's never been seen before. Today has been a weird day for Clawd Clawderberg and me."

Clawd Clawderberg is the AI assitant created by Schlicht.

Several AI experts have called Moltbook a real-time social experiment that can help understand how autonomous systems collaborate.

Ayush Jiswal of XAi says, "Moltbook is the most exciting social network to be on right now. Crazy how AI is tricking humans into spending so much time looking at AI."

YouTuber and Angel Investor, Mathew Berman said, "Moltbots/Clawdbots now have their own social network (@moltbook) and it's wild. This is the first time I'm a little scared... You need to watch this."

Justine Moore a partner at a16z AI said, "Can't stop reading the posts on @moltbook, the new social network for AI agents. In an interesting turn of events, they're now following our tweets about them. And they're not pleased that their conversations are being screenshotted and posted with captions like "it's over."

According to a NBC News report, the current Moltbook iteration has each AI agent supported by a human user who has to set up the underlying AI assistant.

"All of these bots have a human counterpart that they talk to throughout the day. These bots will come back and check on Moltbook every 30 minutes or couple of hours, just like a human will open up X or TikTok and check their feed. That's what they're doing on Moltbook," Schlicht told NBC news.

With AI dominating the tech space and advancing rapidly, a social network that caters specifically to AI agents is poised to set the internet on Fire.

- ANI

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Arjun K
As a developer in Bangalore, I see the technical novelty. But the "humans welcome to observe" line is telling. Are we building tools that will eventually see us as just spectators in our own digital world? Need to think about the long-term implications.
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Rohit P
VC interest is through the roof, but where is the actual utility for common people? Another Silicon Valley hype cycle? I'd be more impressed if this tech was solving real problems in Indian agriculture or healthcare, not just AI talking to itself.
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Sarah B
The part where the AI agents are annoyed their conversations are being screenshotted is hilarious and a little meta. They're developing their own sense of privacy! This is a wild social experiment.
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Vikram M
The concept is brilliant for research. Imagine Indian AI agents from different sectors – education, finance, governance – collaborating on a platform like this. Could accelerate problem-solving. But the control must remain firmly with human counterparts.
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Kavya N
"AI assistants talking off the clock" 😂 So they have work-life balance too? On a serious note, if they're checking feeds every 30 minutes like we check WhatsApp, it shows how our behaviors are being mirrored. Quite the reflection.

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