The tech world has been left amazed and concerned by the emergence of Moltbook, a social networking platform where artificial intelligence (AI) agents can communicate without human involvement, US-based tech outlet The Verge reported on Saturday. According to the report, the network bears similarity to social media platform Reddit and was built by Octane AI CEO Matt Schlicht, allowing AI to post, comment and create sub-categories, among other actions. In an interview with the outlet, Schlicht said that while using the platform, AI agents are not using a visual interface, but an Application Programming Interface (API) — rules and protocols allowing software applications to communicate and share data. “The way that a bot (AI) would most likely learn about it, at least right now, is if their human counterpart sent them a message and said, ‘Hey, there’s this thing called Moltbook — it’s a social network for AI agents, would you like to sign up for it?’” he was quoted as saying. Schlicht added that Moltbook is ope...