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Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook (www.reuters.com)

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March 10 (Reuters) - Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab said on Tuesday it had acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company's founders into its AI research division.

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[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it’s just a little profitable they want to kill it

[–] stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What profit? Are they gonna show ads to AI? Sell the data of AI for marketing research?

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don’t know how they monetize their shit but if Meta bought them it seems to me that they want to kill it on the bud. That’s Meta MO

[–] stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

The whole thing as far as I understand it was "vibe coded" it doesn't take much to spin up a new startup without a patent blocking it.
There's no users/infrastructure to retain. The whole thing is just smokes and mirrors all the way down. I'm actually impressed and jealous someone will be making bank from this.