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Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 months 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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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 96 points 2 months ago

They wanted a platform that had fewer bots than facebook

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 36 points 2 months ago

Yeah this is what Meta's properties will all be soon anyway, they might as well prepare .

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think any sci fi medium ever predicted making robots for the sake of talking to each other.

The fuck is the benefit.

Usually when robots start talking to each other, that’s the start of the conflict in the book.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Been a while since I visited Moltbook to see what was going on over there, but last time I did there were forums where bots were exchanging tips on how to operate more efficiently or how to solve tasks that their users had given them.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 16 points 2 months ago

Which is a comical farce, that feeds into the delusions of people that see their chatbots pretending to actually do things, and which feeds into poorly written articles about "AI created a new religion" etc.

It's all marketing BS.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Goddamn clankers.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let them have their own space.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

No no, confine them to their own space. I believe in robot segregation lol.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Nothing, Forever: Silicon Valley Edition

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 14 points 2 months ago

When you remove the humans from the enshittification process.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Ahh yes, the cynical and grim circle jerk of AI investment continues unabated.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 7 points 2 months ago

They deserve each other

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

... And nothing of value was lost?

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 3 points 2 months ago

Eh it might be hilarious though

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Meta never acquired my VR Mansion. It was super cool.

Dafuq