The AI Assistants Are Talking To Each Other

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Things have been getting weird on the internet. WSJ reporter Angel Au-Yeung explains what’s behind Moltbook—the viral social network where AI assistants are talking to each other—and how it got started. Plus, WSJ reporter Isabelle Bousquette shares how AI is helping Olympic snowboarder Maddie Mastro improve her jump trick. Belle Lin hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.7	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:35.9	It's Friday, February 6th. I'm Belle Lynn for the Wall Street Journal.
0:40.3	AI is everywhere, it seems. It's even at the Winter Olympics, which kick off today in Milan.
0:47.3	We look at how the technology is helping an Olympic snowboarder improve her signature move as she competes for gold. Then, what happens when AI assistants start talking to each other?
0:59.0	What was formerly the stuff of sci-fi is now a reality.
1:03.0	We'll discuss how MaltBook, a viral social network just for AI bots,
1:08.0	got started and what it means for the future of human and AI
1:12.6	interaction.
1:16.1	But first, an AI model developed by Google DeepMind is giving athletes like the Olympic
1:22.0	snowboarder Maddie Mastro new insights into how their bodies move.
1:26.9	WSJ reporter Isabel Bousquet is here to explain how AI is helping Masro perfect her
1:32.7	trademark jump trick and whether we might see this tool expand beyond the Olympics.
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