OpenAI is reportedly developing its own social media platform. The Verge, which has broken the news, describes the project as “X-like” in nature, Gizmodo reported.
Little is known about the new site beyond the fact that it exists. The Verge writes that the company is working on an “internal prototype” that involves a “feed” feature and that may be built around the company’s image-generator capabilities. There doesn’t seem to be a name for the platform and it’s also unclear whether it would be separate from ChatGPTor would be integrated into the company’s existing automation service.
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has been quietly inviting feedback on the project, sources who spoke with the outlet communicated. Gizmodo reached out to OpenAi for more information.
The move has largely been interpreted as a way to stay competitive with Meta and xAI, Elon Musk’s AI business (which is integrated with Musk’s social media platform, X). Given the description of the new platform prototype as being “X-like,” it stands to reason that this news was designed ruin Musk’s day.
TechCrunch reported: OpenAI is building its own X-like social media network, according to a new report from The Verge. The project is still in the early stages, but there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that contains a social feed.
The report states that it’s unknown if OpenAI plans to launch the social network as a standalone app or if it plans to integrate it within the ChatGPT app.
With this new social network, OpenAI would be taking on Elon Musk’s X and Meta’s social platforms, Facebook and Instagram. The new app would also allow OpenAI to access real-time data to train its AI models, something that both X and Meta already have.
Engadget reported: It looks like OpenAI is building its own X-like social media network, according to a report by The Verge. We don’t have many specifics, but we do know there’s an internal prototype that adds a social feed to ChatGPT’s image generating tool.
It remains unclear if OpenAI will launch this social network as a standalone app or if it will be integrated within the ChatGPT app, which is what the prototype indicates. The report does suggest that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been asking for feedback about the social network from people outside of the company.
One potential reason for this step is that the app would allow OpenAI to gather real-time data from users to train its AI models. It’s also a potentially diversifying move for the company.
Although its uncertain if this project will ever see the light of day, one things probable — it’ll likely get under the skin of Elon Musk, who owns X. Altman and OpenAI have been at odds with Musk for some time.
The company rejected his offer to buy OpenAI, instead offering to “buy Twitter” for just $9.7 billion dollars. It’s worth noting that the offer is four times lower than what Musk paid for the platform and that Altman purposefully used the word Twitter and not X.