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Feb 9
11m 41s

The Agent Breakroom: When Your Digital E...

Jim Stroud
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There's a social network you're not allowed to post on. No account. No comments. No ability to clarify context. But your company's employees are already active there—not the human ones, the digital ones. In January 2026, a machine-only social network called Moltbook quietly went live, and within weeks, more than a million AI agents showed up. What happened n ... Show More
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