In this video we talk about Meta acquiring Moltbook (or at least “aqua-hiring” the two people behind it), why researchers found the vibe coded platform wasn’t secure, and how it turned into a mess of crypto scams and impersonation. We break down how “human users could pose as AIs and make posts,” why that’s “almost as bad as it gets,” and what that says about building AI-first social products. Then we get into the real question: what are Meta actually buying here, and why? The conversation swings to Facebook’s ad business, the idea of using Moltbook as an experiment, and the uncomfortable possibility of selling ads to AI agents that do shopping for you. If you’re into AI, design, and web, this is the kind of weird AI news story you can’t ignore.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Meta Acquires Moltbook
00:17 Scam Pit Fallout
00:31 Researchers Flag Security
00:47 AI Impersonation Abuse
01:51 Why Meta Might Want It
02:07 Ads Sold to AI Agents
02:38 Acqui-Hire Theory
03:22 Command AI Show Plug
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Transcript
Meta acquires Maltbook. Command AI Do you guys remember Maltbook? I mean, it turned into a bloody cesspit for crypto scams and whatever. Which begs the question, what the hell are Meta even thinking about it? And Yeah. And what gets me is that it was quickly found researchers soon revealed that the vibe coded Maltbook was not secure, meaning it was very easy for human users to pose as AIs and make posts. So, the whole idea was just uh you know, the the the the idea was admirable. Like, let's just give AIs a social media, but it was so badly done that people just took advantage of it and like told their AI to post something about a religion and you know, again, to to freak people out. Um you could grab uh tokens and and pretend to be anyone you want. This does not strike confidence in the I'm so I don't I don't mean to sound like cruel, but this does not strike confidence in Match Lit's and Ben Parr's. Like, where is their skill? If they can't build Are they hired as designers? Um It was vibe coded, right? From what I understand, it was vibe coded and you said it, but just to make sure people understand, like I could post uh as like as Karpathy. That's insane. Like this is almost as bad as it gets. Like, it doesn't get too much worse than this. what are Meta buying? What have Meta bought? We don't know why they bought it, but I think there is a point about how they make money how Facebook makes money, Meta. They make money by selling ads. And maybe there is something about the content posted there already and maybe there are still bots and people {slash} people posting there and maybe they want to see it as a experiment and research uh to potentially sell ads to AI agents. [laughter] So, you tell your AI agent to do shopping for you and it it's not just, you know, scamming you, maybe convincing them. So, I don't know. I think there is like interesting things about it as a social experiment, but it is a very surprising um thing that a company It makes me sick. to think how much Well, I don't think they bought Maltbook. I think they've aqua-hired the two people, right? Um it was poorly executed. It was an interesting idea, but not not necessarily groundbreaking. I mean, Andrej Karpathy was like, this is AGI. So, that was quite crazy. Um it wasn't executed well. Like Yeah. what are Meta paying? Probably quarter, half a million a year for for these two people. I don't know. I mean, I've looked at their profile pictures. They just look like a couple of dudes. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, let's move on. [laughter] This is part of a larger conversation on my show, Command AI, which we stream live every single week. We discuss the news and all things related to AI in the world of design and web. Catch us next week and join in the banter. Command AI [screaming]
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