Stephen Downes

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You remember Clawdbot, which changed its name to Moltbot when I covered it just a few days ago? Now it's called OpenClaw (you may want to bookmark this Wikipedia page in case things change again). It has grown exponentially and been found to be subject to any number of malicious attacks. It also inspired Moltbook, which is a Facebook for AI agents. The Wikipedia page, again to track this fast-moving phenomenon. Here's the best of Moltbook (from the first few days). Casey Newton gives us five ways to think of Moltbook. Security concerns. This is a pretty good overview, but it's probably AI-written. Are humans infiltrating Moltbook?

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