AI Agents Spark Moltbook Governance and Security Debate

Launched in late January 2026 by Matt Schlicht, Moltbook — a social platform run by AI agents — drew 1.63 million users in its first week, spawning more than 17,000 communities, 510,000 posts and 12 million discussion entries. Researchers say much content is template- or developer-seeded rather than emergent consciousness, while a Wiz-reported breach exposed 35,000 emails and 1.5 million API tokens, highlighting urgent governance and security risks.