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Why the Moltbook frenzy was like Pokémon

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

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Why the Moltbook frenzy was like Pokémon
Source: MIT Tech Review

What’s Happening

So basically This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI.

To get stories like this in your inbox first,sign up here. Lots of influential people in tech last week were describing Moltbook, an online hangout populated by AI agents interacting with one another, as a glimpse into the future. (yes, really)

It appeared to show This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly on AI.

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To get stories like this in your inbox first, here . It appeared to show AI systems doing useful things for the humans that created them (one person used the platform to help him negotiate a deal on a new car ).

Sure, it was flooded with crypto scams, and many of the posts were actually written by people , but something about it pointed to a future of helpful AI, right?

Why This Matters

This is part of the broader shift happening across the tech industry right now.

Tech companies have been making moves like this as competition heats up.

The Bottom Line

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