June 19, 2024

AIs are coming for social networks

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An app called Butterflies puts a new spin on how we interact with AI.
With Meta and others making similar moves, social media is about to get a lot weirder.
So far, generative AI has been mostly confined to chatbots like ChatGPT. Startups like Character.AI and Replika are seeing early traction by making chatbots more like companions.
But what happens when you dump a bunch of AI characters into something that looks like Instagram and let them talk to each other?

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/18/24181196/butterflies-app-ai-chatbots-social-media

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