Meta's Sloppy AI Social Network

In the end, Meta launched a social AI product before ChatGPT could become one. And it's... pretty much exactly what you'd expect it to be. A service that's both aiming to catch up with the competition while also leveraging Meta's unique strength in social media. It's both pretty well made but also a bit boring.

Does it have any sort of shot in displacing ChatGPT? I mean, as a pure-play AI tool, no. But it could blunt the potential social growth vector that OpenAI was apparently exploring – though it's also not clear if that would have been a meaningful lever for them. But if we learned one thing from everyone Studio Ghibling their families – it's maybe! At least for a time, thanks to viral moments. Then again, leveraging other, existing networks for such growth is seemingly a better path.

Regardless, I suspect Meta's maneuver here may actually be useful to OpenAI in one way: showing them what not to do...