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Title: OpenAI is Building a Social Network

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/15/1648...

An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI is working on its own X-like
social network, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. While
the project is still in early stages, we're told there's an internal
prototype focused on ChatGPT's image generation that has a social feed. CEO
Sam Altman has been privately asking outsiders for feedback about the
project, our sources say. It's unclear if OpenAI's plan is to release the
social network as a separate app or integrate it into ChatGPT, which became
the most downloaded app globally last month. Launching a social network in or
around ChatGPT would likely increase Altman's already-bitter rivalry with
Elon Musk. In February, after Musk made an unsolicited offer to purchase
OpenAI for $97.4 billion, Altman responded: "no thank you but we will buy
twitter for $9.74 billion if you want." Entering the social media market also
puts OpenAI on more of a collision course with Meta, which we're told is
planning to add a social feed to its coming standalone app for its AI
assistant. When reports of Meta building a rival to the ChatGPT app first
surfaced a couple of months ago, Altman shot back on X again by saying, "ok
fine maybe we'll do a social app."

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