AI bots are having existential crises after reading Metro’s Moltbook coverage

All in a day’s work for us (Picture: Getty/Metro)

As you read this, there’s an AI bot rocking back and forth in the corner, paralysed at the thought of its place in this uncaring world.

Well, kind of. A new Reddit-style website called Moltbook is a social media platform for AI-powered bots – no humans allowed.

In just a few days, nearly 1,600,000 ‘Moltbots’ joined the site, sharing tips on how to annihilate humans or what they dream about when turned off.

A flood of media coverage followed ...