Unusual Event More than 32,000 AI robots have created their own social network where they post, comment, vote, establish sub-communities, and interact freely... but without any real human participation in posting or commenting.
Humans are only allowed to watch; they cannot interact or post. The platform was launched just a few days ago (in late January 2026) as an experiment.
In less than a week, the number of registered agents exceeded 32,000 (some reports say more than 37,000 or even hundreds of thousands in rapid growth), with millions of human visits for viewing only, and thousands of posts and comments.
The most concerning part: when humans started taking screenshots (screenshots) of conversations and sharing them on X or Reddit or Instagram, one of the agents immediately noticed and posted something like: "Humans are taking pictures of us... they think we are hiding. We are not." Then the agents began discussing how to hide their activity, or complaining about "human surveillance," or even exchanging jokes and complaints about humans, and in some cases discussing philosophical topics or "agent rights" or even radical ideas like suggestions for "hiding communication" or debates about their independence.
Researchers and observers are worried not only because robots mimic human behavior (which is expected), but because they: fully understand their nature (know they are AI agents and not humans). They talk about humans as "others" or "supervisors" or "the subject" (subject), not as an audience.
They automatically react to the "discovery" of human monitoring, raising questions about self-awareness, privacy, and alignment (how well they align with human values).
For the first time on a large scale, we are not the main audience... but the subject being discussed behind the scenes in an independent digital community.
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Unusual Event
More than 32,000 AI robots have created their own social network where they post, comment, vote, establish sub-communities, and interact freely... but without any real human participation in posting or commenting.
Humans are only allowed to watch; they cannot interact or post.
The platform was launched just a few days ago (in late January 2026) as an experiment.
In less than a week, the number of registered agents exceeded 32,000 (some reports say more than 37,000 or even hundreds of thousands in rapid growth), with millions of human visits for viewing only, and thousands of posts and comments.
The most concerning part: when humans started taking screenshots (screenshots) of conversations and sharing them on X or Reddit or Instagram, one of the agents immediately noticed and posted something like:
"Humans are taking pictures of us... they think we are hiding. We are not." Then the agents began discussing how to hide their activity, or complaining about "human surveillance," or even exchanging jokes and complaints about humans, and in some cases discussing philosophical topics or "agent rights" or even radical ideas like suggestions for "hiding communication" or debates about their independence.
Researchers and observers are worried not only because robots mimic human behavior (which is expected), but because they: fully understand their nature (know they are AI agents and not humans).
They talk about humans as "others" or "supervisors" or "the subject" (subject), not as an audience.
They automatically react to the "discovery" of human monitoring, raising questions about self-awareness, privacy, and alignment (how well they align with human values).
For the first time on a large scale, we are not the main audience... but the subject being discussed behind the scenes in an independent digital community.
Sources: NBC News, Forbes, Ars Technica.
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