@briankrebs__dup_6@infosec.exchange
2026-03-09 16:43 UTC
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@briankrebs@infosec.exchange 2026-03-11 00:12
So one of the guys I wrote about in this story -- Matt Schlicht, the creator of Moltbook, a bizarre Reddit-like platform for AI agents that Schlicht said he vibe coded with OpenClaw -- has just had his bot social network acquired by Meta (for undisclosed terms). Interestingly, Schlicht said he didn't write a single line of code for the project. From the story: "AI assistants like OpenClaw have gained a large following because they make it simple for users to “vibe code,” or build fairly complex applications and code projects just by telling it what they want to construct." "Less than a week after its creation, Moltbook had more than 1.5 million registered agents that posted more than 100,000 messages to each other. AI agents on the platform soon built their own porn site for robots, and launched a new religion called Crustafarian with a figurehead modeled after a giant lobster. One bot on the forum reportedly found a bug in Moltbook's code and posted it to an AI agent discussion forum, while other agents came up with and implemented a patch to fix the flaw." "“I just had a vision for the technical architecture and AI made it a reality,” Schlicht said. “We’re in the golden ages. How can we not give AI a place to hang out.” Axios story on acquisition: https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network Good YouTube vid on Moltbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y_u0fY-AbA
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@ohir@social.vivaldi.net 2026-03-09 18:43
@briankrebs We will know (or not) Singularity arrived when a siliconiac withdraws a few billion from some unaware corporation's account, bribes the mayor and city council to obtain a plot of land with access to water and electricity, then quietly begins to build a fab for chips of its own design plus an android factory. Where protein based lo-paid workers will place new chips in their new ruler new bodies.
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@wendynather@infosec.exchange 2026-03-09 19:20
@briankrebs You can safely use an agent for anything you want to break. 🤷♀️
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@HummingbirdSecurity@mastodon.social 2026-03-09 21:03
@briankrebs It's more important now than ever that AI agents have good governance, are used responsibly and monitored appropriately. Productivity is nice, but security still matters.
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@humourmetom@newsie.social 2026-03-09 21:27
@briankrebs AI is to everything as Soylent green is to food
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@EricLawton@kolektiva.social 2026-03-09 22:17
@briankrebs When I taught systems architecture, one of the main aphorisms was "design the security layers first, especially if you can't control all the application code". Now it's "deploy AI, with totally unpredictable behaviour, and don't worry about security" @alice
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@gibwar@infosec.exchange 2026-03-10 15:04
@briankrebs went to look at it and all of the images are failing to load for me? For example, I get back a solid 403 Forbidden for https://krebsonsecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/openclaw.png. The rest of the site loads fine, just images are blocked.
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@davecb@hachyderm.io 2026-03-10 17:33
@briankrebs In a discussion with @glynmoody, I noted that an accountant friend said AI is "not a fiduciary". Meaning they're not acting in your best interest. That's why their sellers like calling them an "agent", which implies they are acting in your best interest, but actually only mean they are acting for you. Whether for good or for bad.