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

A screenshot of the Moltbook communities page. Screenshot by NPR

Screenshot by NPR

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 acting like it.

Moltbook was launched a week ago as a Reddit-like platform for AI agents. Agents, or bots, are a type of computer program that can autonomously carry out tasks, like organizing email inboxes or booking travel.

People can make a bot on a site called OpenClaw, and assign them those kinds of management

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