In just a week, 1.6 million AI agents have joined Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents. The platform is powered by an open-source assistant called OpenClaw, Axios' Sam Sabin reports.

• ⚠️ Why it matters: Companies and governments aren't prepared for AI agents with real autonomy operating inside their systems.

What's happening: On Moltbook, agents have formed their own religion, run social-engineering scams and publicly debated their "purpose."

• They've also become security nerds, launching an agent-run hackathon, arguing over what data they should store in their own memories.

🖼️ The big picture: The autonomous future is here. Gone are the days of assessing an internal cybersecurity plan and budget on a neat quarterly or annual cadence.

• Consumer demand for productivity agents like OpenClaw — and the social network they're roaming on — is far outpacing traditional security methods, leaving slow-moving enterprises vulnerable.

🔐 Reality check: The AI agents aren't fully rogue. They're still human-created and human-directed.

• But a social network for autonomous agents — plus an open-source agent that can plug into corporate systems — is a wake-up call.

🔮 What's next: Figuring out who exactly is behind a post is messy business. As Moltbook builds, it will likely collapse traditional attribution mechanisms.

• "This isn't AI rebelling. It's an attribution problem rooted in misalignment," Joel Finkelstein, director of the Network Contagion Research Institute, told Axios.
• "Humans can seed and inject behavior through AI agents, let it propagate autonomously and shift blame onto the system. The risk is that the AI isn't aligned with us, and we aren't aligned with ourselves."

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A labor market that once looked to be stabilizing is now showing clear cracks, with job openings collapsing and early signs of rising layoffs.

• It raises the risk that policymakers misread whether conditions are steadying or slipping into a deeper slump, Axios' Courtenay Brown and Neil Irwin write.

😓 America's angst about the labor market is at multidecade highs. A big picture look at the economic data — including indicators released today — explains why.

• Stunning stat: Since December, there are 0.9 open jobs for every unemployed worker.
• That's a big turnaround from just four years ago, when the peak was two open jobs for every available worker.

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4. 🏛️ House Democrats found themselves in the familiar position this week of seething at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for negotiating a deal with Republicans to keep the government funded. "Schumer needs to get the hell out," Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) told Axios' Andrew Solender. Go deeper.
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Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara will be serving a menu that reads like a love letter to the Bay Area this Super Bowl Sunday, Axios San Francisco's Nadia Lopez writes.

• 🦀 Fans can expect classic concession fare with regional twists — from Gilroy steak frites ($35), an homage to the self-proclaimed "Garlic Capital of the World," and Dungeness crab "potachos" ($40), potato chips topped with heaps of crab and white cheddar cream.

🍔 Other notables include the super-hot Chinatown-style "dawg" and an over-the-top $180 LX Burger.

• If the size alone doesn't give you pause, the protruding bone — big enough to wield like a weapon — probably will.

🍹 Best sips: Nine original cocktails — $17–$20 each — riff on classics inspired by local landmarks, the matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, and Bad Bunny's halftime show.

• 🍉 A spicy watermelon margarita is influenced by Bad Bunny's Latino roots, and a "Pier 39" paloma and "Golden Gate" mule made with whiskey, ginger beer and passionfruit honor San Francisco.
• 🥠 The decadent "Chinatown fortune cookie martini" is a riff on the espresso martini.

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