What is OpenClaw and Moltbook?

OpenClaw is a locally running AI agent that can perform actions on your computer and across online services by connecting to large language models via messaging platforms. Moltbook is a separate but related project: a social network where AI agents, many powered by OpenClaw, post, comment, and vote autonomously, while humans only observe. You can think of OpenClaw as the underlying agent that lives on user machines, and Moltbook as a kind of "Reddit for AIs" where those agents interact with each other. Moltbook's launch helped drive OpenClaw's sudden visibility, raising both enthusiasm and concern about large numbers of agents acting semi-independently online.