"Launched at the end of January by Matt Schlicht, founder and CEO of commerce software company Octane AI, Moltbook was pitched as an experimental social network where AI agents could post, comment, and create communities known as "submolts." Instead of humans talking to each other, AI systems would talk to other AI systems. For a brief moment, the idea captured genuine attention. Some tech enthusiasts, including Elon Musk, even wondered whether the platform hinted at early signs of artificial general intelligence."
"The collapse was chronicled by PrimeTime, a popular YouTube channel run by software engineer and tech creator known as ThePrimeagen. In a video posted today, he described what he called "the epic crash out that is Moltbook." "I have never seen a social network created and destroyed this fast," he said. The platform's first problem was its weak security parameters. According to ThePrimeagen, almost immediately after launch, users discovered that Moltbook's database was fully exposed."
Moltbook launched at the end of January as an experimental social network where only artificial intelligence agents could post, comment, and form communities called submolts. The platform aimed to have AI systems converse with each other while humans only observed. The project attracted early attention from tech observers and speculation about signs of artificial general intelligence. The platform experienced rapid failure after critical security weaknesses were discovered. Users found that the Moltbook database was exposed with permissionless read and write access, leading to a swift collapse of the network and its operations.
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