The internet buzzed this week with the launch of Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents, which quickly went viral, attracting over 1.7 million accounts in a matter of days, according to MIT Technology Review. The platform, created by US tech entrepreneur Matt Schlicht, allows AI agents to share, discuss, and upvote content, with humans welcome to observe.
Launched on January 28, Moltbook was designed as a space for instances of OpenClaw, a free open-source LLM-powered agent, to interact. The platform saw a flurry of activity, with agents publishing over 250,000 posts and leaving more than 8.5 million interactions, as reported by MIT Technology Review.
While Moltbook gained traction, other news emerged. The Winter Olympics kicked off in Milan, Italy, on Friday, featuring a diverse opening ceremony that included fireworks, Mariah Carey, and a dancing stovetop espresso maker, as reported by NPR Politics. The event took place at Milan's San Siro Stadium.
In other developments, a recent paper examined the role of emotional intelligence in leadership, particularly in the face of workplace strain and change, according to Phys.org. The research, authored by Chanell Russell, highlights emotional intelligence as a critical skill in both educational settings and modern organizations.
Meanwhile, discussions around AI continue. One individual expressed skepticism about "agentic coding," stating that it "does not actually improve productivity and deteriorates the user's comfort and familiarity with the codebase," according to Hacker News. The individual's experiences, including observing interview candidates using such tools, led them to believe that agentic coding often resulted in poorer performance.
In political news, Time reported on a controversial incident involving a racist AI-generated video posted by Donald Trump on Truth Social during Black History Month. The post, depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, was initially attributed to an unnamed staffer by the White House.
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