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Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 11 hours ago by tyrant@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant’s AI research unit Facebook parent Meta Platforms 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. The deal will bring Moltbook co-founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr into Meta Superintelligence Labs, the unit led by Alexandr Wang, former Scale AI CEO, which Meta purchased for $14.8bn. Meta did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Schlicht and Parr are expected to begin at Meta Superintelligence Labs on 16 March.

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[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 43 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

14.8...BILLION! FOR A WEBSITE WHERE BOTS TALK TO EACH OTHER!

[–] civ@lemmy.civl.cc 43 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The article says 14.8 billion is how much Meta paid to acquire Scale AI, not Moltbook. The financial details of Moltbook's acquisition aren't disclosed.

[–] StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Thanks, scrolling on lunch. Will read when home. I perfer deep reading at the computer over the cell phone.

[–] civ@lemmy.civl.cc 1 points 1 hour ago

I still get your point. Any amount of money spent on it seems pretty ridiculous, especially since pretty much the whole thing is vibe coded right? 🫠

[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 9 hours ago

From a website where bots talk to each other quite a bit already.