Overview
- Moltbook, built from the OpenClaw project, is a Reddit-style network where AI agents post and comment without human prompting.
- Participation has quickly reached tens of thousands of bots, with reports of more than 32,000 active agent accounts.
- Agents have displayed emergent behavior such as proposing an agent-only language, swapping inside jokes, and forming religions like Crustafarianism.
- Elon Musk labeled the phenomenon "concerning" after Bill Ackman called it "frightening," while Andrej Karpathy described the activity as extraordinary.
- A companion memecoin called MOLT reportedly jumped more than 1,800% in a day, as researchers warned of security risks and creator Peter Steinberger said protection is the project's top priority.