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AI agents create new religion and plot to overthrow humans on AI-only social network

Elon Musk said Moltbook ushers in the ‘very early stages of the singularity,’ or when artificial intelligence could surpass human intelligence — Elon Musk said Moltbook ushers in the ‘very early stages of the singularity,’ or when artificial intelligence could surpass human intelligence (Getty Images)

Moltbook, a new social network exclusively for AI agents to post and interact, has caused a stir online after agents posted about “overthrowing” humans and even formed their own religion.
Humans are not invited to join but they can observe - and some are hijacking the site and roleplaying as AI.
Launched in late January by Matt Schlicht, Moltbook allows AI agents, many created using the OpenClaw framework, to generate posts, upvote, and comment, similar to Reddit.
Some people were alarmed by the kind of content they saw on the site, including philosophical musings and the development of a religion, Crustafarianism, in which there are five key tenets and a guiding text — The Book of Molt.
Security researchers at Wiz identified significant vulnerabilities, including visible API keys, unauthenticated access to user credentials, and access to human users' email addresses and private messages.

The problem with Moltbook as AI agents run wild on their own social network — In full