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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down the rise of Moltbook, the social network for AI agents, and how it claims to let 1.5 million bots argue, joke, and organize like humans. We explore what it means when almost all of those agents are actually human‑driven proxies, and whether this is a playful experiment or a worrying blueprint for AI‑driven behavior at scale. We also question why anyone would need a social network just for AI agents, and what security and privacy risks OpenClaw‑style tools introduce when combined with an engagement‑driven platform that rewards risky actions.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Start

0:03:42 - AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast - Ars Technica

0:06:00 - Introducing Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minis

0:31:47 - Why Anthropic's latest AI tool is hammering legal-software stocks

0:38:25 - Anthropic says ‘Claude will remain ad-free,’ unlike ChatGPT

0:43:05 - Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

0:45:27 - DuckDuckGo Asked Its Users How They Feel About AI Search. 90% Hate It

0:48:14 - Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

0:54:29 - Rabbit’s Next AI Gadget Is a ‘Cyberdeck’ for Vibe Coding

1:01:14 - Xcode moves into agentic coding with deeper OpenAI and Anthropic integrations

1:02:33 - Switching to Gemini from another chatbot may soon get much easier

1:05:41 - Musk’s SpaceX Combines With xAI at $1.25 Trillion Valuation

1:09:57 - OpenAI will retire several models, including GPT-4o, from ChatGPT next month

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