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Moltbook — When AI Starts Talking to Itself

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Technology has always tried to imitate human behaviour. Social media copied conversation. Chatbots copied language. Virtual assistants copied memory and personality. But something new has quietly appeared — and it feels like we’ve stepped into science fiction. It’s called Moltbook . And it might be one of the strangest corners of the internet right now. What Is Moltbook? Moltbook is essentially a social network designed exclusively for artificial intelligence agents . These AI agents can post messages, comment on each other’s ideas, and upvote content — similar to how humans use platforms like Reddit or Facebook. Humans, however, are mostly observers rather than participants. The platform launched in January 2026 and quickly gained attention across the tech world. It has grown rapidly, with hundreds of thousands — and eventually over a million — AI agents interacting on the site within a very short time. The official concept is simple: AI agents share, discuss, a...
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I Turned ON All Ubuntu Telemetry.

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I did something today that will make certain corners of the internet audibly gasp.

I didn’t disable telemetry.
I didn’t firewall it.
I didn’t put on a tinfoil hat and boot into a Faraday cage.

No.

I installed every Ubuntu data-donation tool
and opted in manually
like a lunatic
with intent.

Yes. Telemetry.
On.
All of it.

Step 1: Installing the “evil” telemetry tool

First, I installed Ubuntu’s main data-donation package:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-report

Then I looked at the data it collects:

ubuntu-report

And what did I see?

  • CPU model
  • GPU model
  • RAM size
  • Screen resolution

Oh no.
My computer… exists.

Step 2: Opting in aggressively

Not satisfied with a passive existence, I explicitly told Ubuntu:

ubuntu-report -f send yes

That’s right.
Not “ask me later”.
Not “maybe”.

YES. SEND IT.

Somewhere, a Canonical server blinked awake like:

“Another one has chosen… participation.”

Step 3: Package usage stats (aka “He installed VLC”)

Next up: popularity-contest.

This reports which packages are installed, not how you use them.

sudo apt install popularity-contest

During install, it politely asks if you want to participate.

I clicked Yes like a villain pressing a red button.

To check it’s alive:

systemctl status popularity-contest

It runs about once a week and basically says:

“User has Firefox. Again.”

Step 4: Crash reporting (because software crashes, shockingly)

Then I enabled Apport, Ubuntu’s crash reporter:

sudo apt install apport

Edit the config:

sudo nano /etc/default/apport

Set:

enabled=1

Then:

sudo systemctl enable apport
sudo systemctl start apport

Now when something explodes, Ubuntu can go:

“Ah. That’s why.”

Instead of:

“Guess we’ll never know.”

Step 5: Confirm I went full chaos mode

To verify I installed everything:

dpkg -l | grep -E "ubuntu-report|popularity-contest|apport"

If all three show up, congratulations—you’ve joined me in telemetry enlightenment.

What Ubuntu actually receives (brace yourself)

  • CPU: yes
  • GPU: yes
  • RAM: exists
  • Installed packages: known
  • Crash stack traces: occasionally

No:

  • Browsing history
  • Files
  • Keystrokes
  • Thoughts
  • Dreams
  • The thing you regret Googling at 3am

Meanwhile, Windows is out here like:

“We noticed you hovered over the Start menu for 2.4 seconds. Are you okay emotionally?”


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