Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel 'fake'

Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel 'fake'

After watching Reddit's OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame.

Sam Altman expresses concerns about bots distorting online discourse

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed concerns on Monday about the growing influence of bots on social media platforms. He noted that the spread of automated accounts has blurred the line between human and machine-generated posts, making it harder to assess authenticity in online conversations. Subreddit activity prompts doubts about authenticity Altman’s comments followed his experience in the r/Claudecode subreddit, dedicated to OpenAI’s Codex progr…