Ray Blanco:

Scientists Successfully Transfer Longevity Gene, Paving the Way for Extending Human Lifespan

Researchers at the University of Rochester have taken a bold step in “exporting” longevity biology from one mammal to another.

By moving a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, they improved the animals’ overall health and modestly extended lifespan, an experimental result that hints at how nature’s most resilient species may reveal new levers for healthier aging.

“Our study provides a proof of principle that unique longevity mechanisms that evolved in long-lived mammalian species can be exported to improve the lifespans of other mammals,” says Vera Gorbunova, the Doris Johns Cherry Professor of biology and medicine at Rochester.

In the team’s 2023 Nature study, the key genetic change boosted production of an unusually large form of hyaluronan, high molecular weight (or high molecular mass) hyaluronic acid (HMW-HA/HMM-HA). Mice carrying the naked mole rat version of the gene had an approximately 4.4% increase in median lifespan, alongside multiple markers of healthier aging.

The Rochester work supports an increasingly testable idea: some longevity adaptations may be portable, but turning them into human therapies will likely depend on precision control, balance, and other complex factors.

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Davis Wilson:

Meta Acquired Moltbook, the AI Agent Social Network That Went Viral Because of Fake Posts

Meta has acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-like “social network” where AI agents using OpenClaw can communicate with one another.

Moltbook will join Meta Superintelligence Labs. Its creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join the team as part of the acquisition. Deal terms were not disclosed.

The viral OpenClaw project was created and launched in 2025 by vibe coder Peter Steinberger, who has since joined OpenAI as part of a similar acqui-hire.

OpenClaw is a wrapper for AI models like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Grok, but it allows people to communicate with AI agents in natural language via the most popular chat apps, like iMessage, Discord, Slack, or WhatsApp.

It is not immediately clear how Meta will incorporate Moltbook into its AI efforts.

Last month, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth was asked about the AI agent social network in an Instagram Q&A. He said he didn’t “find it particularly interesting” that the agents talk like us, since they are trained on massive databases of human material. Rather, Bosworth was intrigued by how humans were hacking into the network, which was not a feature but a large-scale error.

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Ari Goldschmidt:

Elon Musk's X Money App Nears Public Launch, No Sign of Dogecoin

Elon Musk’s long-awaited financial “everything app,” X Money, is entering early public access in April, according to the billionaire entrepreneur.

The payments app, which has recently been teased on social media from early beta testers, allows users to set up direct deposits, earn yield, and make payments directly in the app, rivaling the capabilities of other financial platforms like Venmo or Cash App.

“X Money early public access will launch next month,” Musk posted to X on Tuesday morning.

However, while users start to make use of the platform by making coffee purchases and transferring funds, there still is no obvious crypto connection – not even for Musk’s “favorite cryptocurrency,” the leading meme coin, Dogecoin (DOGE).

A crypto inclusion for X Money has long been rumored given Musk’s long history of DOGE cheerleading, but the firm has yet to share any hard details that point to crypto functionality. Even so, DOGE is up more than 8% over the last day, perhaps benefitting from speculation around the impending app launch.

Nevertheless, the X owner recently re-posted a third-party forecast of the app’s future features, which included loans, money market accounts, and “crypto integration.”

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