OpenAI is working on its own social network similar to X (formerly known as Twitter). This was reported by the Verge, citing sources familiar with the company's internal processes.

  • According to the interlocutors, the project is currently at an early stage, but the company is already testing a prototype with a social feed connected to ChatGPT image generation.
  • According to sources, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been consulting with people outside the company to get feedback on the project.
  • It is currently unknown whether OpenAI plans to release the social network as a separate application or integrate it into ChatGPT.
  • One of the ideas behind OpenAI's prototype is that AI should help people share better content.

The possible launch of the social network could increase the competitive tension between Sam Altman and Elon Musk. 

Entering the social media market also puts OpenAI on the path to stiffer competition with Meta, which, according to sources, plans to add a social feed to a future standalone app with its own AI assistant.

The development of the social network could also give OpenAI access to unique data, similar to what X and Meta already have, to train their AI models. For example, Elon Musk's Grok uses content from X to generate results, and Musk recently merged X and xAI into one company. Meta, for its part, trains its LLaMA model on a massive amount of Facebook and Instagram user data.