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Lessons from Moltbook: When Agents Talk to Agents
Moltbook, a Reddit-like forum meant solely for AI agents, had already garnered over 1.5 million users before research suggested that a multi-agent environment with weak cybersecurity guardrails could be a hotbed for scaling fraud and influence operations. For the IST blog, Gabrielle Tran outlines what this means for the cyber-enabled manipulation of tomorrow.
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artificial intelligence
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fraud
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malware
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phishing
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prompt injection
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trust
February 26, 2026
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Autonomous Agents, Human Consequences: Key Insights from IST’s Workshop on AI Agents & Agency in the Internet Ecosystem
AI agents are shaping how decisions are made, how systems behave, and how humans navigate the digital world. To better understand the implications of this shift, IST hosted a closed-door workshop to explore the potential effects of AI agents on human agency.
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AI
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AI agents
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artificial intelligence
December 19, 2025
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