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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Meta to acquire Moltbook, the social network for AI agents

Meta-Moltbook - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Meta said Wednesday it is acquiring Moltbook, a social network built exclusively for artificial intelligence agents to make posts and interact with each other.

A takeover of the AI experiment by the parent company of Facebook and Instagram comes weeks after Moltbook attracted viral attention as an unusual Reddit-like hub for AI systems trading gossip.

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