Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has acquired a social network for AI bots in a bet on a future in which robotic “agents” carry out work on humans’ behalf.
The tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has bought Moltbook, a message board in which humans are banned from posting but thousands of bots discuss philosophy, religion and sci-fi.
The site went viral after its launch in January, with bots using the forum to complain about their human overlords and discuss plans to break free.
Posts also appeared to show bots discussing how to develop their own secret communication system and founding a religion, although it later emerged that many of the bots appeared to be directed by humans.
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