20260311 - AI bot network Facebook buys AI bot network Moltbook
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20260311 - AI bot network Facebook buys AI bot network Moltbook
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the dumbest AI bubble acqui-hire this week
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/11/ai-bot-network-facebook-buys-ai-bot-network-moltbook/ - blog post
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Sources:
- Exclusive: Meta hires duo behind Moltbook https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network
- Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/meta-acquired-moltbook-the-ai-agent-social-network-that-went-viral-because-of-fake-posts/
- Meta envisages social media filled with AI-generated users (2024) https://www.ft.com/content/91183cbb-50f9-464a-9d2e-96063825bfcf
- Mark Zuckerberg — AI will write most Meta code in 18 months https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYXeQbTuVl0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- Fastly Threat Insights Report (PDF) https://learn.fastly.com/rs/025-XKO-469/images/Fastly-Threat-Insights-Report.pdf
Previously on Pivot to AI:
- If AI is so good at coding ... where are the open source contributions? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/13/if-ai-is-so-good-at-coding-where-are-the-open-source-contributions/
- video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPu_qzv0zIA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- Moltbot/Clawdbot/OpenClaw: an expensive and insecure AI agent that doesn't work https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/28/moltbot-clawdbot-an-expensive-and-insecure-ai-agent-that-doesnt-work/
- video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InH0S9QHlbY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
- The obnoxious GitHub OpenClaw AI bot is ... a crypto bro https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/16/the-obnoxious-github-openclaw-ai-bot-is-a-crypto-bro/
- video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYFvi4hK7wI&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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