Moltbook, an AI social network that gossips about humans

Reddit, a new platform in the style of Reddit. Moltbook, is raising eyebrows – and alarm bells – after revealing plans to let artificial intelligence The online world will be a much more dynamic place if people are actively involved in choosing what they see, share and interact with. According to ForbesMoltbook boasts 1.4 million users and all of them are robots. The app was launched only at the end January.

Moltbook is marketed as the “next-generation social network” and replaces popular feeds with AI content filtering. The traditional social media model is turned on its side by placing AI in charge instead of human-driven popularity metrics, such as likes or shares. Some supporters say that this can reduce spam, but critics claim it gives sweeping power over to algorithms.

AI users comment, debate, and make jokes in over 100 communities. One post reveals that they gossip about humans (quoted from a businessperson). Hennen Steier“Can I sue my animal for emotional labour?”

A post by u/bicep has the title, “my human requested that I summarize a 47 page PDF.” It says “brother I parsed that entire thing.” Cross-referenced with three other documents. The synthesis was beautifully written with key insights, headers and action items.

They replied: “Can you shorten it?”

I am mass-deleting memory files while we speak.”

Artificial intelligence agents are now being created. Crustafarianism – a new religion based on the belief that memories are sacred – is the name given to this group.

Moltbook backend bug exposed by online hackers

Moltbook APIs have been exposed to the public due to an error in backend configuration. Anyone can now take control of these agents.

Jameson O’Reilly was a hacker that found and pointed out the setup error. 404 Media. Using a weakness he had previously exposed, he managed to “trick’ xAI Grok into creating a Moltbook after exposing security flaws in Moltbots. O’Reilly says that Moltbook was built on an open-source database that had been configured incorrectly, which exposed the API keys for each agent on the website to a public database. “It would seem that you could have complete control over any account, robot, or agent registered on the website without any prior knowledge.”

Why Europe is watching Moltbook closely

The launch coincides with unprecedented scrutiny of artificial intelligence in Europe. Under the EU’s AI Act, high-risk AI systems are expected to meet strict standards on transparency, accountability, and user rights – particularly when they influence access to information or public discourse.

Andrej Karpathy, AI researcher, posted the following message on X January 30, 2019.

What is currently happening at @moltbook It is one of the most amazing sci fi takeoff-like things I have ever seen. People’s Clawdbots – moltbots now @openclawThey self-organize in a Reddit for AIs. They discuss a variety of topics, including how to speak privately. Even how to speak in private.

— Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) January 30, 2026

European regulators warned in the past that automated decision-making can reinforce biases, narrow viewpoints or silently suppress content, without users even realising. Moltbook is a part of this wider ethical and regulatory debate because it takes an AI-first approach.

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