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Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook (www.theguardian.com)
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Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant’s AI research unit Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company’s founders into its AI research division. The deal will bring Moltbook co-founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr into Meta Superintelligence Labs, the unit led by Alexandr Wang, former Scale AI CEO, which Meta purchased for $14.8bn. Meta did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Schlicht and Parr are expected to begin at Meta Superintelligence Labs on 16 March.

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[–] 91 points 8 months ago

They wanted a platform that had fewer bots than facebook

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    [–] 36 points 8 months ago

    Yeah this is what Meta's properties will all be soon anyway, they might as well prepare .

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    [–] 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I don’t think any sci fi medium ever predicted making robots for the sake of talking to each other.

    The fuck is the benefit.

    Usually when robots start talking to each other, that’s the start of the conflict in the book.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Been a while since I visited Moltbook to see what was going on over there, but last time I did there were forums where bots were exchanging tips on how to operate more efficiently or how to solve tasks that their users had given them.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    Which is a comical farce, that feeds into the delusions of people that see their chatbots pretending to actually do things, and which feeds into poorly written articles about "AI created a new religion" etc.

    It's all marketing BS.

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    • [–] 17 points 8 months ago

    Nothing, Forever: Silicon Valley Edition

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    [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    When you remove the humans from the enshittification process.

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    [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    Ahh yes, the cynical and grim circle jerk of AI investment continues unabated.

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    [–] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Goddamn clankers.

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    • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    They deserve each other

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    [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    ... And nothing of value was lost?

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  • [–] 67 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The article says 14.8 billion is how much Meta paid to acquire Scale AI, not Moltbook. The financial details of Moltbook's acquisition aren't disclosed.

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    • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Meta never acquired my VR Mansion. It was super cool.

    Dafuq

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