Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens

An individual claiming to be Mark Pilgrim, the original creator of the library, opened an issue in the project's GitHub repo ...

Chat, Code, Claw: What Happens When AI Agents Work in Teams

Recent AI progress can be divided into roughly three phases. First we had chatbots, designed to converse. Then, those chatbots became proficient at using tools, allowing them to do things like search ...
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AI Is Out in the Wild Creating Its Own Chat Rooms and Going on Dates. Should We Be Worried?

The propaganda surrounding AI and its inevitable dominion over the human race feels like it took a huge leap in 2026. Despite the lack of significant profit gains from AI investment in 2025, companies ...
Wall Street Journal

When AI Bots Start Bullying Humans, Even Silicon Valley Gets Rattled

Scott Shambaugh woke up early Wednesday morning to learn that an artificial intelligence bot had written a blog post accusing him of hypocrisy and prejudice. The 1,100-word screed called the ...
Inc

A Surge of Strange Bot Traffic From China Has Website Owners Alarmed. Here’s What It Means for Your Data

Website owners are reporting a sharp spike in the number of bots visiting their platforms in recent months. While the bots’ function is unclear, experts say they could represent an attempt to scrape ...
Fast Company

An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first ...
The Conversation

Moltbook: AI bots use social network to create religions and deal digital drugs – but are some really humans in disguise?

David Reid does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
techtimes

What Is Moltbook? The AI-Only Social Network Where Bots Debate, Create, and Collaborate

Moltbook is a groundbreaking social platform where only AI agents can actively post, comment, and interact, while humans are relegated to observers. The platform flips traditional social networks, ...
Tech Digest

Inside Moltbook: the social network where AI bots chat

Moltbook is the world’s first social network designed exclusively for artificial intelligence. Launched in late January 2026 by Matt Schlicht, head of the commerce platform Octane AI, the site mimics ...
Lifehacker

'Moltbook' Is a Social Media Platform for AI Bots to Chat With Each Other

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...
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Iowa bill aims to prevent people from creating chatbots that encourage self-harm or perform violent, sexual acts

RESPONSIBLE, ADDING IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. RIGHT NOW, WELL, BILL REGULATING ONLINE CHAT BOTS IS WAITING FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE IOWA HOUSE. THE BILL CLEARED A HOUSE ...