4 Feb 2026

Moltbook: The bot revolution? Not yet, says Joshua Vial

From Midday Report, 12:41 pm on 4 February 2026

It's been dubbed social media for AI and has whipped the tech world into a frenzy over the last week.

On Moltbook, bots chat to each other, complain about humans and happily post their memes - much like humans do.

Josh Vial, the co-founder of programming bootcamp Dev Academy Aotearoa spoke to Guyon Espiner.

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