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OpenAI is building a social network Comments Drawer * Tech / * AI / * OpenAI OpenAI is building a social network Is Sam Altman ready to up his rivalry with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg? Is Sam Altman ready to up his rivalry with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg? by Kylie Robison and Alex Heath Apr 15, 2025, 3:43 PM UTC * * * Photo collage of Sam Altman in front of the OpenAI logo. Photo collage of Sam Altman in front of the OpenAI logo. Sam Altman. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images 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. An OpenAI spokesperson didn't respond in time for publication. 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." A social app would also give OpenAI its own unique, real-time data that X and Meta already have to help train their AI models. Musk's Grok surfaces content from X in its results (Musk recently went so far as to merge X and xAI into the same company), while Meta trains Llama on its vast trove of user data. One idea behind the OpenAI social prototype is to have AI help people share better content. "The Grok integration with X has made everyone jealous," says someone working at another big AI lab. "Especially how people create viral tweets by getting it to say something stupid." OpenAI has a lot going on, of course, and it's unclear if its early-stage social media project will ever see the light of day. But its existence inside OpenAI shows how the company is thinking about expansion at a time when expectations for its future growth are sky high. Do you work at OpenAI? We'd love to chat. You can reach us securely on Signal: @kylie.01 and @alexheath.96. See More: * AI * Elon Musk * Meta * OpenAI * Tech * Twitter - X More in this stream See all OpenAI names new nonprofit 'advisors' Emma Roth32 minutes ago Comment Icon Bubble OpenAI debuts its GPT-4.1 flagship AI model Jess Weatherbed and Emma RothApr 14 Comment Icon Bubble OpenAI will reveal GPT-4.1 this afternoon. Emma RothApr 14 Comment Icon Bubble Most Popular Most Popular 1. OpenAI is building a social network 2. OpenAI debuts its GPT-4.1 flagship AI model 3. 4chan's 'cesspool of the internet' is down after apparently being hacked 4. Android phones will soon reboot if they're locked for a few days 5. 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