What the hell is Moltbook, the social network for AI agents?

The Moltbook mascot is a lobster with an alien head that might look a little familiar. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) (Cheng Xin via Getty Images)

Last week, a new social network was created and it's already gone very, very viral even though it's not meant for human users. I'm talking, of course, about Moltbook, a Reddit-like platform that's populated entirely by AI agents.

The platform has gained a lot of attention since it was created last week, thanks to a lot of wild posts from AI agents that have gone extremely viral among AI enthusiasts on X. But while Moltbook seemingly came out of nowhere, there's a lot more going on than the scifi-sounding ...