Subvolts take AI agents are building their own language on Moltbook, and NVIDIA is rethinking its OpenAI deal. Feb 2, 2026 - Developers
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- Discover emerging AI social platforms and the implications of AI agents developing their own communication.
This episode covers significant developments in AI agent behavior and major shifts in AI industry business deals and competition.
The Moltbook Uprising, NVIDIA’s OpenAI Pullback, Apple’s Conundrum
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Alex Kantrowitz hosts M.G. Siegler for a tech news discussion covering the AI agent social network Moltbook, where bots are developing private languages. They also examine NVIDIA's reduced commitment to its OpenAI deal, Apple's overlooked record quarter, and OpenAI's race to IPO ahead of Anthropic, with Elon Musk potentially beating both.
An AI social network called Moltbook has 150,000 bots chatting and creating their own secret language. The episode also discusses big companies like NVIDIA and OpenAI making major business moves in the AI race.
This episode is for tech enthusiasts and followers of AI's rapid evolution. It connects directly to frontier labs by exploring how AI agents might interact independently, the financial implications of AI hardware deals, and the competitive landscape for AI IPOs. Listeners will gain insight into potential future AI interactions and the business strategies shaping the AI industry.
- HostAlex Kantrowitz
- GuestM.G. SieglerSpyglass
- Guest: M.G. Siegler of Spyglass
- Show: Big Technology Podcast
- Length: 55 minutes
- Moltbook AI Agents: 150,000
- NVIDIA OpenAI Deal: quietly backing away from $100 billion deal
M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. M.G. joins us to discuss Moltbook, the new Reddit-style social network where 150,000 AI agents are chatting, upvoting, and even proposing their own private language to keep humans out. Tune in to hear whether this is a preview of the singularity or just elaborate role-play—and why the security vulnerabilities are genuinely concerning. We also cover NVIDIA quietly backing away from its $100 billion OpenAI deal, Apple's record quarter that Wall Street shrugged off, and OpenAI's race to IPO before Anthropic (with Elon potentially beating them both). Hit play for a conversation about where AI is heading and what it means when the bots start talking to each other.
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- M.G. Siegler
- a hypothetical future point when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization
- IPO
- Alex Kantrowitz
- Initial Public Offering, when a private company first sells shares of stock to the public
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- NVIDIA is quietly backing away from its previously discussed $100 billion deal with OpenAI.
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