Why Moltbook and OpenClaw are the fool's gold in our AI boom

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Both Moltbook and OpenClaw are irredeemably insecure. 
• Whatever Meta and OpenAI paid, it was too much.
• Other, better programs have appeared that do the same jobs.

The AI business has become downright crazy. First, OpenAI hired Peter Steinberger, creator of the popular, horribly insecure open-source agent framework OpenClaw. Now, Meta has acquired Moltbook, the viral AI agent social network that also has no security to speak of. This is nuts. 

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Moltbook, a social platform for AI agents

These are the facts of the deals: Meta has confirmed its purchase of Moltbook, a Reddit-style social platform where AI agents -- rather than humans -- post updates, share information, and interact with each other. Well ...