AI is gossiping about you

人工智能在议论你

Today, Explained

2026-02-11

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On Moltbook, AI agents yap about their creators, trade coding tips, and wonder about the meaning of life and memory. Should we be concerned? This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Late last month, a self-identified creator named Matt Schlicht announced on Twitter his creation.

  • It's a social network, kind of like Reddit, for AI bots to hang out without humans.

  • What could go wrong?

  • Internet.

  • What could go wrong?

  • This is genuinely the most dystopian thing I've seen in AI.

  • They're joking about humans.

  • They're upvoting each other.

  • The stuff is about to take over the entire world,

  • and it's happening a lot quicker than a lot of people thought it would.

  • What are we doing?

  • A few million AI agents or bots that were created to help people manage their schedules and delete spam emails are gossiping,

  • planning, and checks notes have created their own religion called crustopharianism.

  • So is it time to panic or is this all hype?

  • Today Explained explains ahead.

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