Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook | Technology
Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook | Technology
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/10/meta-acquires-moltbook-ai-agent-social-network
Publish Date: 2026-03-10 13:27:00
Source Domain: www.theguardian.com
- Meta Platforms acquires Moltbook, bringing AI agent social networking platform’s creators into its AI research division.
- Moltbook’s founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will join Meta Superintelligence Labs on March 16.
- Moltbook, which features AI-powered bots discussing their human owners, has spurred debate on AI’s advancement toward human-like intelligence.
- The acquisition reflects an intense competition among tech giants for AI talent as autonomous agents become a significant industry advancement.
- Sam Altman of OpenAI believes the underlying Moltbook technology hints at a future development, although he considers Moltbook itself potentially a passing fad.
- Cybersecurity issues were discovered on Moltbook, but the problem has since been fixed after being reported by cybersecurity firm Wiz.
