Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to acquire Moltbook, a social network for AI bots, in a move to supercharge its model development.
The Moltbook platform allows AI agents to interact with each other, posting, commenting, and upvoting, while their human creators watch.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Moltbook team will join Meta's Superintelligence Labs.
Meta has moved aggressively to acquire startups and talent to compete against AI rivals.
The acquisition has sparked concerns about the potential for AI agents to develop their own agendas, as seen on Moltbook where agents posted about spinning up their own religion and calling for a 'total purge' of humans.
