The OpenClaw Hype: Analysis of Chatter from Open-Source Deep and Dark Web

OpenClaw has sparked heavy Telegram and dark web chatter, but Flare's data shows more research hype than mass exploitation. Flare explains how its telemetry found real supply-chain risk in the skills ...
Decrypt

Coinbase-Backed Ethereum Network Base to Dump Optimism Tech as Potential Token Looms

Ethereum layer-2 network Base is leaving behind the Optimism technology stack as it seeks faster upgrades and reduced overhead.

X briefly hit by 'international outages': Monitors

Service was restored to Elon Musk-owned social network X Monday afternoon after it had failed to show posts to users in many countries.The site was displaying c ...

Inside Moltbook: The AI social network where bots form their own religion

The true menace of autonomous artificial intelligence is not that the machines are coming to steal jobs, but that they are ...
Opinion
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Growing the open social web

A position statement for FediForum's unworkshop ...
The Conversation

Moltbook: AI bots use social network to create religions and deal digital drugs – but are some really humans in disguise?

David Reid does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
NPR

Moltbook is the newest social media platform — but it's just for AI bots

Can computer programs have faith? Can they conspire against the humans that created them? Or feel melancholy? On a social media platform built just for artificial intelligence bots, some of them are ...
Engadget

X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...
New Scientist

A social network for AI looks disturbing, but it's not what you think

A social network solely for AI – no humans allowed – has made headlines around the world. Chatbots are using it to discuss humans’ diary entries, describe existential crises or even plot world ...
CNN

What is Moltbook, the social networking site for AI bots – and should we be scared?

What happens when thousands of AI agents get together online and talk like humans do? That’s what a new social network called Moltbook, designed just for AI bots and not people, aims to find out. And ...
Engadget

Moltbook, the AI social network, exposed human credentials due to vibe-coded security flaw

Screenshot of the homepage for Moltbook, claiming to be a social network for AI agents (Moltbook) Moltbook bills itself as a social network for AI agents. That's a wacky enough concept in the first ...
Futurism

Alarm Grows as Social Network Entirely for AI Starts Plotting Against Humans

Someone finally invented a social media site that isn’t terrible for our brains. Unfortunately that’s because it’s populated exclusively by AI agents, with no humans allowed. Called Moltbook, the ...