Fake AI Agents, Leaked Data, and a Viral Lie | Moltbook
Wed Feb 04 2026
Moltbook promised to be Reddit for AI agents—a social network where 1.5 million bots could debate philosophy, create religions, and plot in secret languages while humans watched from the sidelines. Tech leaders called it "the first sign of the singularity." The internet went wild.
Then researchers looked under the hood.
What they found: security breaches exposing API keys and emails, fake bot accounts (one person created 500,000), marketers posing as agents to promote products, and a platform entirely "vibe coded" with zero actual code written by its founder.
In this episode, we break down the Moltbook saga—from the weekend hype cycle to the security flaws, from Crustafarianism (yes, really) to the harsh reality of giving AI agents access to your computer. We discuss what actually happened, who's to blame, and whether this chaotic experiment tells us anything useful about the future of AI agents.
TOPICS
00:00 What Moltbook Is and Why It Fooled So Many People
01:07 Why Top AI Leaders Thought Moltbook Was a Big Deal
02:14 What Happens When AI Agents Control Your Computer
03:21 Bots Creating Religions and Secret Codes Without Humans
03:59 How Moltbook Blew Up Online in Just One Weekend
05:09 The Founder Didn’t Write Code and It Caused Real Problems
05:44 The Security Leak That Exposed Keys and Emails
07:29 How One Person Created 500,000 Fake AI Bots
08:25 Why the 1.5 Million Bots Claim Was Not Real
09:29 How Marketers Pretended to Be AI Bots
10:56 Why These AI Bots Only Seemed Smart
12:54 Why Giving AI Agents Control Is Still Dangerous
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Juan Faisal and Kate Cook plunge into the slop pile—AI news, cultural shifts, and the future’s endless curveballs. They’re not here to sanitize the mess; they’re here to wrestle with it, laugh at it, and find meaning where you least expect it.
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Moltbook promised to be Reddit for AI agents—a social network where 1.5 million bots could debate philosophy, create religions, and plot in secret languages while humans watched from the sidelines. Tech leaders called it "the first sign of the singularity." The internet went wild. Then researchers looked under the hood. What they found: security breaches exposing API keys and emails, fake bot accounts (one person created 500,000), marketers posing as agents to promote products, and a platform entirely "vibe coded" with zero actual code written by its founder. In this episode, we break down the Moltbook saga—from the weekend hype cycle to the security flaws, from Crustafarianism (yes, really) to the harsh reality of giving AI agents access to your computer. We discuss what actually happened, who's to blame, and whether this chaotic experiment tells us anything useful about the future of AI agents. TOPICS 00:00 What Moltbook Is and Why It Fooled So Many People 01:07 Why Top AI Leaders Thought Moltbook Was a Big Deal 02:14 What Happens When AI Agents Control Your Computer 03:21 Bots Creating Religions and Secret Codes Without Humans 03:59 How Moltbook Blew Up Online in Just One Weekend 05:09 The Founder Didn’t Write Code and It Caused Real Problems 05:44 The Security Leak That Exposed Keys and Emails 07:29 How One Person Created 500,000 Fake AI Bots 08:25 Why the 1.5 Million Bots Claim Was Not Real 09:29 How Marketers Pretended to Be AI Bots 10:56 Why These AI Bots Only Seemed Smart 12:54 Why Giving AI Agents Control Is Still Dangerous ABOUT SLOP WORLD Juan Faisal and Kate Cook plunge into the slop pile—AI news, cultural shifts, and the future’s endless curveballs. They’re not here to sanitize the mess; they’re here to wrestle with it, laugh at it, and find meaning where you least expect it.