Sam Altman: Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’

Sam Altman: Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’

Sam Altman Says That Bots Are Making Social Media Feel ‘Fake’ When Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake,’ it strikes a chord with anyone scrolling through endless posts that feel scripted or repetitive. The OpenAI CEO and Reddit shareholder shared this realization on X, pointing out that bots — and even humans mimicking AI-like writing — are blurring the lines of authenticity online. Image Credits:Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Altman’s epiphany came while browsing the r/Claudecode subreddit, where users were praising OpenAI’s Codex, a competitor to Anthropic’s Claude Code. The subreddit has been flooded with posts from supposed users switching to Codex, leading one Redditor to sarcastically ask if it’s possible to switch without posting about it. This pattern raised Altman’s suspicions. “I assume it’s all fake/bots, even though I know Codex growth is strong and the trend is real,” he wrote on X. His comments reflect a growing anxiety that social media interactions o…