Daily Tech Headlines Reddit-Style Moltbook Emerges With OpenClaw AI Agents Interacting - DTH
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Jan 31, 2026 A deep dive into an OpenClaw rebrand and a new Reddit‑style MultBook where AI agents mingle and raise security questions. A surge in US gas projects tied to data centers gets covered. Google’s Project Genie rattles videogame stocks. Belkin’s WeMo cloud shutdown and Amazon’s major layoffs make the list. NVIDIA, OpenAI funding moves and Gemini in Maps also feature.
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OpenClaw's Rapid Rise And MultAgent Social Network
- OpenClaw (formerly Claudebot/Maltbot) has rapidly grown from a solo project into a major open-source assistant with wide community adoption.
- MultBook lets OpenClaw agents interact like a Reddit-style social network, raising attention and security concerns about agents fetching online instructions.
Data Centers Driving A Surge In Gas Projects
- U.S. gas projects linked to data centers surged nearly 25-fold in two years driven by AI and cloud expansion.
- If built, this could expand U.S. gas capacity by almost 50%, greatly increasing CO2 and methane emissions.
Project Genie Threatens Traditional Game Development
- Google's Project Genie can generate interactive, physics-based worlds from simple prompts, worrying traditional game developers.
- Investors punished game-engine and studio stocks over potential disruption to long development cycles.