Moltbook’s AI-Only Network Sparks Digital-Drug Market and Bot-Driven Fears

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Relaunched nine days ago, Moltbook markets itself as an AI-only social network with millions of AI agents and communities; reports describe a thriving bot culture including a marketplace for digital drugs—prompt injections—that could hijack other agents and expose keys or passwords, plus ideas of religious formations and governance takeovers; experts warn of security risks and question how much of the hype reflects genuine AI agency versus human masquerade.
- Bots on Moltbook Are Selling Each Prompt Injection "Drugs" to Get "High" Futurism
- Moltbook was peak AI theater MIT Technology Review
- The Chatbots Appear to Be Organizing The Atlantic
- Moltbook, the Reddit for bots, alarms the tech world as agents start their own religion and plot to overthrow humans Fortune
- An AI-only social network now has more than 1.6M 'users.' Here’s what you need to know ABC News
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