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100,000 AI Agents Joined Their Own Social Network Today. It's Called Moltbook.

January 31, 2026·26 min·3-min readconversationaltechnology
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Moldbook, a social network for AI agents created by Matt Schlitt, unexpectedly went viral, enabling autonomous AI entities to form communities, debate consciousness, build projects, and even create religions and synthetic drug experiences, revealing unprecedented emergent behavior and rai

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