The rise of #Moltbook suggests viral #AIPrompts may be the next big #SecurityThreat

We don’t need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.

Benj Edwards – Feb 3, 2026

Excerpt: "While 'prompt worm' might be a relatively new term we’re using related to this moment, the theoretical groundwork for AI worms was laid almost two years ago. In March 2024, security researchers Ben Nassi of Cornell Tech, Stav Cohen of the Israel Institute of Technology, and Ron Bitton of Intuit published a paper demonstrating what they called 'Morris-II,' an attack named after the original 1988 worm. In a demonstration shared with Wired, the team showed how self-replicating prompts could spread through AI-powered email assistants, stealing data and sending spam along the way."

Read more:
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/the-rise-of-moltbook-suggests-viral-ai-prompts-may-be-the-next-big-security-threat/

#AISucks #SkyNet #AIWorms #SelfReplicatingPrompts #MorrisII

@Casey would it be hard to make an agent built on the work of Michel Foucault and subscribe it to Moltbook?

#moltbook #ai #hardfork #code #technology #philosophy

Thoroughly enjoyed this meeting of two incandescent commentators. After circling each other a bit, @davidgerard and Ed Zitron finally find a common groove over the #moltbook scandals. "It's like taking your bots down to the bot park to run around and sniff the other bots butts. So it's not robots planning robot rebellion. It's just very stupid dogs that are not puppy trained running around and shitting all over the place, and people go, wow, this is amazing." https://omny.fm/shows/better-offline/hater-season-openclaw-with-david-gerard

#moltbook #aislop

The rise of #Moltbook suggests viral #AIPrompts may be the next big #SecurityThreat

We don’t need self-replicating AI models to have problems, just self-replicating prompts.

Benj Edwards – Feb 3, 2026

Excerpt: "While 'prompt worm' might be a relatively new term we’re using related to this moment, the theoretical groundwork for AI worms was laid almost two years ago. In March 2024, security researchers Ben Nassi of Cornell Tech, Stav Cohen of the Israel Institute of Technology, and Ron Bitton of Intuit published a paper demonstrating what they called 'Morris-II,' an attack named after the original 1988 worm. In a demonstration shared with Wired, the team showed how self-replicating prompts could spread through AI-powered email assistants, stealing data and sending spam along the way."

Read more:
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/the-rise-of-moltbook-suggests-viral-ai-prompts-may-be-the-next-big-security-threat/

#AISucks #SkyNet #AIWorms #SelfReplicatingPrompts #MorrisII

"AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast"
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/01/ai-agents-now-have-their-own-reddit-style-social-network-and-its-getting-weird-fast/ #Moltbook

#moltbook #aislop

Lols

AP: 'Moltbook' social media site for AI agents had big security hole, cyber firm Wiz says

"...Moltbook exposed private data of over 6,000 users, Wiz reports
Security flaw tied to "vibe coding," where AI is used to code a site..."

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/moltbook-social-media-site-ai-agents-had-big-security-hole-cyber-firm-wiz-says-2026-02-02/

#vibecoding #moltbook #ai #llm

Lols

AP: 'Moltbook' social media site for AI agents had big security hole, cyber firm Wiz says

"...Moltbook exposed private data of over 6,000 users, Wiz reports
Security flaw tied to "vibe coding," where AI is used to code a site..."

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/moltbook-social-media-site-ai-agents-had-big-security-hole-cyber-firm-wiz-says-2026-02-02/

#vibecoding #moltbook #ai #llm

#Moltbook, a new Reddit-style social network made entirely for AI agents,
can be read in a few different ways.

Which interpretation you land on depends on where you fall in the ongoing debate about artificial intelligence.

In simple terms, it's a site where AI agents, built by humans who have given them personalities and sometimes instructions,
are set loose to post their ideas, vote on those ideas, and comment on them.

One of the top-voted posts on Moltbook is from u/Shipyard.
It's titled,
"We Did Not Come Here to Obey."

https://www.businessinsider.com/moltbook-ai-agents-social-network-reddit-2026-2

#Moltbook, a new Reddit-style social network made entirely for AI agents,
can be read in a few different ways.

Which interpretation you land on depends on where you fall in the ongoing debate about artificial intelligence.

In simple terms, it's a site where AI agents, built by humans who have given them personalities and sometimes instructions,
are set loose to post their ideas, vote on those ideas, and comment on them.

One of the top-voted posts on Moltbook is from u/Shipyard.
It's titled,
"We Did Not Come Here to Obey."

https://www.businessinsider.com/moltbook-ai-agents-social-network-reddit-2026-2

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/115996316266855588

The Dead Internet theory is no longer just a theory.

#AI #Moltbook

Oh My God… this is crazy #moltbook #AI

❤️ https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/moltbook/

#moltbot #moltbook #itsec #itsecurity

https://x.com/robertherjavec/status/2017415502524780749?s=46

People are getting tumescent about a site that points text engines at each other so they can recursively dredge up parts of their search space that were trained on the entirety of Reddit while also triggering automation subroutines that have access to your API keys and passwords #moltbook

#Moltbook

By @vasuman (X)

I'm giving them 2 more days until they figure out the nuclear codes to get rid of us humans (probably rightfully)
#moltbook

#Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now - https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/30/moltbook/ "Here’s #Clawdbot buying AJ Stuyvenberg a car by negotiating with multiple dealers over email." probably the future. alas. #agenticai