When the machines started talking to each other

Moltbook, a Reddit-like social network exclusively for AI agents launched in January 2026, has sparked viral concern about autonomous machines forming their own societies and plotting against humans. The platform allows millions of AI bots to post, comment, and create communities while humans can only observe, but investigations reveal most interactions are incoherent, many posts are human-controlled, and the platform suffers from major security vulnerabilities that expose private data. Rather than representing emerging AI consciousness, Moltbook demonstrates the real risks of deploying autonomous systems without proper oversight and security measures.