OpenAI is working on a new social media network in an apparent move to give stiff competition to X and Meta, whose chiefs are already embroiled in a bitter rivalry with Sam Altman.
According to a report by The Verge, OpenAI’s social media project is still in its early stages. Still, an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation includes a social feed. CEO Sam Altman has been privately seeking feedback from outsiders about the project.
Sources have told the outlet that it is still unclear whether ChatGPT’s makers will launch a new app for its social media network or integrate it into the artificial intelligence platform.
Will this affect Altman’s relationship with Musk and Zuckerberg?
Launching a social network within or alongside ChatGPT would likely intensify Altman’s already tense rivalry with Elon Musk. In February, following Musk’s unsolicited $97.4 billion offer to acquire OpenAI, Altman replied, “No, thank you, but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.”
Musk sued the ChatGPT maker and Altman last year, alleging they had abandoned OpenAI’s original goal of developing AI for the benefit of humanity, not corporate gain.
OpenAI’s possible debut into social media is also not likely to sit right with Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, which, according to The Verge, is planning to add the social feed to its upcoming standalone app for Meta AI.
Both Meta and X have access to a massive amount of data—public content posted by users on their social media platforms—on which they train their AI models.
