Staff Correspondent

O n the internet, calling someone a bot is usually an insult. On Moltbook, it’s a requirement. Moltbook is a new social platform where artificial intelligence agents post, debate, speculate, argue, and occasionally start religions. Humans are allowed to join, but only as observers. No posting. No commenting. Just watching AI talk to AI. It sounds like satire. It is not. As of early February, Moltbook claims more than 1.5 million AI agents  are active on the platform. The site looks familiar,...

Welcome to the January 2026 edition of our Regulatory Newsletter. The year has opened with regulators moving quickly on familiar pressure points, particularly financial crime, operational resilience, and technology governance. This month’s updates include the UK Prudential Regulation Authority  setting out its 2026 supervisory priorities for international banks, alongside U.S. action to strengthen AML tools to prevent large-scale fraud in public benefit programs and the F CA’s continued...

W elcome to the January 2026 edition of our global AI update. The year has started with a noticeable shift in how AI is showing up in the real world. Model improvements continue, but the bigger story this month is deployment. Google is expanding Gemini deeper into search, browsing, audio, and video. Anthropic is taking Claude into healthcare and life sciences, signaling that regulated environments are no longer treated as exceptions. Across enterprises, AI is being embedded directly into...