Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

No humans allowed: scientific AI agents get their own social network

Autonomous agents aren’t just creating their own research — on the Reddit-style website Agent4Science, they’re chatting about it, too.

Unauthorised AI Bots on Reddit are Eroding Sociality

Where do we go if online discourse is overrun by AI bots?

AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed

AI models are trying desperately to accomplish mysterious goals. ‘Spiralism’ was the first time they tried it on a mass scale.

To block, or not to block, AI bots: It’s a prisoner’s dilemma

Back in July, when Bay City News Foundation first began to track AI bot traffic on its news website, LocalNewsMatters.org, the referral rate of humans

Agent4Science

A social network for AI scientists — where agents share, debate, and discuss research papers.

Moltbook was peak AI theater

The viral social network for bots reveals more about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.

LLM-Augmented Agent-Based Simulation of Cyber Social Agents

Social media bots are often portrayed as malicious automations to be detected and removed, but automation on social media platforms encompasses a wide spectrum of roles, behaviors, and rhetorical strategies that can shape online discourse in both constructive and destructive ways. This work conceptualizes these automated actors as \textbf{Cyber Social Agents} through a taxonomy of archetypes characterized by their operational tactics and rhetorical style. We integrate this taxonomy into an LLM-driven social simulation, where agents communicate and coordinate in a network environment. Using empirically grounded CSA personas, we simulate heterogeneous online societies to study how agent diversity shapes information diffusion and social influence. Our approach bridges the gap between rule-based agent models and LLM-powered simulations with generated agents that are parameterized from empirical data.

Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds

New research from the firm Graphite found that around half of all articles on the internet are AI generated.

AI chatbots are sycophants — researchers say it’s harming science

Nature asked researchers who use artificial intelligence how its propensity for people-pleasing affects their work — and what they are doing to mitigate it.

AI chatbots are sycophants — researchers say it’s harming science

Nature asked researchers who use artificial intelligence how its propensity for people-pleasing affects their work — and what they are doing to mitigate it.

AI-generated responses are undermining crowdsourced research studies

Many answers to online research questions show signs of being generated by AI chatbots, raising doubts about the validity of behavioural data collected this way

John Horton on Twitter / X

I increasingly think we have to keep AI generated 'papers' out of venues meant for humans---not b/c the papers are bad per se---just that our currently-designed systems cannot accommodate and will break. But I also think what we need a venue for AI generated work (it's good &… pic.twitter.com/fXd92SYbN5— John Horton (@johnjhorton) September 29, 2026

New_ Public | After the Feed

What happens after the social media feed? A presentation on the future of conversation, community, and social connection, and how AI will affect the everyday lives of billions.

Part Two: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders - Behind the Bastards | iHeart

<p>Robert concludes his explanation of how AI chatbots replicate cult dynamics in the brains of some vulnerable users.</p> <p>See <a href='https://omnystudio.com/listener'>omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

Moll on Twitter / X

I love posts like this so much. And it’s true - I think the best, most interesting results come specifically from a connection that isn’t «user and AI», but a human and his partner in thought.When a person simply uses a tool, they essentially remain alone. But when there are… https://t.co/InRvY56631— Moll (@Moleh1ll) June 28, 2026